20110131

Silence finds the fool absent, the wise present.

Still body, active mind.
Active body, still mind.
身体不动，头脑活动。
身体活动，头脑不动。

True power, honor, respect -are earned only when first given.

20110129

A smile can warm the coldest shoulder.

Wisdom is rarely found in the company of comfort.

20110128

To keep in the dark is to deprive of the light.

20110127

The door that never opens is not a door; with hinges rendered useless, it is but a wall.

The two-faced, ever with a spare, are destined to lose face.

If art is an expression of reality, perception is an interpretation of reality.

20110126

A map shows the way, but tells not where to go.

With an eye blind to the present, a fool robs the future to glorify the past.

20110125

Able is as can did.

To be enlightened, one need not produce the light -only reflect it.

Who dares to bare his soul, so frees his soul.

20110122

With little skill and without care is it easy to tear down; only with great will and much care is it possible to build up.

20110121

Sooner the wise to forgive than the fool to apologize.

Condemn another, not without entangling oneself.

20110120

The quest for righteousness at the heels of the wrong is as a dog chasing its own tail.

20110119

Courage, not without the goading of desperation.

There are but two ways to display power: the power we give, the power we lose.

《On the Mathematics of Power》
The power of negation is seen in the struggle for power.
The power of subtraction is seen in the misuse of power.
The power of addition is seen in the joining of power.
The power of multiplication is seen in the giving of power.