Famous Proverbs
- Lao-tzu, 600 B.C.
'Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
- Saint Francis of Assisi
"THE WAY OF LIFE... A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At their death they are withered and dry. Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life. Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. The hard and the strong will fall. The soft and weak will overcome.'
- Lao-Tzu 600 B.C.
'He who asks is a fool for five minutes, he who doesn't ask remains a fool forever.'
- Chinese proverb
"Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.'
- Daisetsu Suzuki
'Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.'
- Lao-Tzu 600 B.C.
'Power of mind is infinite while brawn is limited.'
- Koichi Tohei"
"If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.'
- Chinese proverb
"The man who says it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it.'
- Chinese proverb
'Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.'
- Books of Han Dynasty
"Control your emotion or it will control you.'
- Chinese Adage
"Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do.'
- Bruce Lee 1940-1973
'Greatness is not achieved by never falling, but by rising every time we fall.'
- Confucius
"The outstanding characteristic of the expert athlete is his ease of movement, even during maximal effort. You are never set or tensed, but ready and flexible.
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.'
- Bruce Lee 1940-1973
"You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him.'
- Bruce Lee 1940-1973
"Empty your cup so that it may be filled become devoid to gain totality.'
- Bruce Lee 1940-1973
'The mind should be nowhere in particular.'
- Takuan
"For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom, nor for the uncontrolled is there the power of concentration and for him without concentration there is no peace.'
- Bhagavad Gita
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