Top 6 Su Shi Quotes

#1. Deep at the bottom of the well no warmth has yet returned,
The rain which sighs and feels so cold has dampened withered roots.
What sort of man at such a time would come to visit the teacher?
As this is not a time for flowers, I find I've come alone.

Su Shi

#2. If you know peace, then you thrive; if you know contentment, then you are rich

Su Shi

#3. What a ruler has to rely upon is only the human heart. Human hearts are to the ruler what roots are to a tree, what oil is to a lamp, water to fish, fields to a farmer, or money to a merchant.

Su Shi

#4. I'll continue to climb, trying to reach the top. But no one knows where the top is.

Su Shi

#5. Poetry and painting are rooted in the same law,
The work of heaven and of the first cause.

Su Shi

#6. Define the limits of your vision: Having this, you will not be poorer Than a man who rules a dukedom.

Su Shi

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