Top 15 Chinese Classics Quotes
#1. The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.
John Keegan
#2. Confucius - or Kongzi, which means Master Kong - was not born to power, but his idiosyncrasies and ideas made him the Zelig of the Chinese classics.
Evan Osnos
#3. I'm beyond thrilled to be working with Faber, whose literary history is second to none. And I'm even more excited to bring my books to a wider audience in the U.K.
John Corey Whaley
#4. Life is always easier when lived for others, and living for others is the best way I know to live for yourself.
Chris Matakas
#5. So oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen!
John Godfrey Saxe
#6. I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.
Portia De Rossi
#7. Countless words
count less
than the silent balance
between yin and yang
Lao-Tzu
#8. Whereas God, for reasons of His own, sometimes chooses to let the machine answer. The Supreme Being is unavailable to come to the phone at this time, but He wants you to know what your call is important to Him. In the meantime, for sins of pride, press one. For avarice, press two ...
Richard Russo
#9. When in doubt, wear what you want to wear. Not what you think the dress code is.
Annabel Tollman
#10. I'm always writing new books so I don't dwell on the ones I've already done. I think that's a habit from being a newspaper guy because you're always writing columns and you can't reflect on the ones you've already done.
Dave Barry
#11. It may occasion surprise that the decree of a temporal power sufficed to give the classics a position that can be compared in other cultures to the place of sacred scriptures inspired by divine revelation.
Hellmut Wilhelm
#13. You're going to get violated in that ring. I am going to close the curtain on the joke that is the Audley Harrison show.
David Haye
#14. I don't really set personal goals for home runs or anything like that. However many I hit, I hit. If I'm making consistent contact and hitting the ball hard, then I will hit home runs.
Justin Morneau
#15. The most truthful answers are found through observation. Words allow lies.
Heather Lyons
