An angel who makes you cry is better than a devil who makes you smile.
Love does these three things effectively: multiplies joy, divides trouble, subtracts grief, and adds peace.
Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.
If people are not dancing to your tune, change the song.
The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.
The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees.
Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.
One who is wise is rich, one who is virtuous is wealthy, one who is happy is affluent, and one who is loving is prosperous.
Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like an ocean.
A tree is honored for the size of its fruit, not the size of its leaves.
Marry the one who laughs when you laugh, and you are clever; marry the one who cries when you cry, and you are intelligent, but marry the one who does both with you, and you are wise.
Clear skies do not promise rain.
Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness has no teeth, but devours many.
Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.
To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.
A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.
Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.
It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.
When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.
A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea.