Quotes about proverb
Cameron Semmens - ICE SKATING IN THE TAJ MAHAL - a totally non-depressing look at poverty
Give a man a proverband he’ll muse for a moment.Teach a man to find the verb in every proverband he’ll walk in wisdom for a lifetime.
Idries Shah -
IMPRESSIONSTime brought a thousand impressions. Not one of them had I seen in the mirror of the imagination.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)
Kamaran Ihsan Salih - The Revealed Sense
Cry is a sound in woman’s ear it is a volcano in man’s heart.
Lao Tzu - Te Tao Ching
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
Confucius -
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
Libba Bray - The Sweet Far Thing
There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.
T.A. Miles - Six Celestial Swords
An unwise advisor cannot hope to advise wisely.
E.A. Bucchianeri - Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear.
Idries Shah - Knowing How to Know: A Practical Philosophy in the Sufi Tradition
In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Haste is from the Devil.
Idries Shah - The Commanding Self
One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...
Michael Crichton - Eaters of the Dead
Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.
Benjamin Franklin -
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Joe Hill - Horns
He paused, twisting his goatee, considering the law in Deuteronomy that forbade clothes with mixed fibers. A problematic bit of Scripture. A matter that required thought. "Only the devil wants man to have a wide range of lightweight and comfortable styles to choose from," he murmured at last, trying out a new proverb. "Although there may be no forgiveness for polyester. On this one matter, Satan and the Lord are in agreement.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
As swords were designed to killThey did well to make them tongue-shaped.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)
William Allingham - Blackberries
In youth audacity is wise
King Solomon -
Through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life…By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is established; And by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Qwana Reynolds-Frasier - Friend In Your Pocket Conversations Session One
PRACTICE MAKES THE HARD THINGS EASY
Benjamin Franklin -
Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.
Mercedes Lackey - Owlflight
To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on.--Shin'a'in saying
Terry Pratchett - Jingo
Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Opportunity's precious, and time is a sword.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Learn about hornets from those who have been stung by them.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
The light shines in our hearts and our lives.
Adelaide Hoodless -
Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.
Kamaran Ihsan Salih - Latest Proverbs
Study to learn, do not study to pass".
Irenaeus of Lyons - Against Heresies 2
For it is not needful, to use a common proverb, that one should drink up the ocean who wishes to learn that its water is salt.
Kamaran Ihsan Salih -
When you fall into darkness do not spend all your energy and light rather than to remain in darkness,
Chinese Proverb -
Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
German Proverb -
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
Spanish Proverb -
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
Chinese Proverb -
Keep a green tree alive in your heart, and a songbird may come to sing there.
Bangambiki Habyarimana - The Great Pearl of Wisdom
Some cats are angry at being called cats. To achieve peace with them, never call them by their real name
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Be a dog, but don't be a younger brother.Proverb.
Kamaran Ihsan Salih -
Thank God with endless when puts you in the crisis because will tests you many examinations one of them is to identify your enemies and allies
Kamaran Ihsan Salih -
The fire spread from the small cinder then the flames will become strong
Tom Stoppard - Arcadia
A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom.
Matshona Dhliwayo -
An ugly diamond is still worth more than a beautiful pebble.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
The tongue is the best masseur of furrowed brows.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
The barren branches may appear inelegant: They are, to the cook, the means to make his fire.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Hit your hand on a stone and expect it to hurt.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Patience is bitter, but bears a sweet fruit.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Because sugar is not arsenic, many graves are full.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
If you have no troubles – buy a goat.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Patience is a garment which has never worn out.
Jewish Proverb -
Ask not for a lighter load but for broader shoulders
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Life: sometimes the man on the saddle, sometimes the saddle on the man.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
He discards a quilt for fear of bugs.
Idries Shah - The Magic Monastery: Analogical and Action Philosophy of the Middle East and Central Asia
Disappointment cannot exist without expectation. “The expected apricot is never as sweet when it reaches the mouth.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
There is an end to every journey.Even life will come to an end one moment in time.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha -
Stop hating yourself for the things you have not and start loving yourself for the things that you have.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
Dance with your rhythm.
Qwana Reynolds-Frasier - Friend In Your Pocket Conversations Session One
L-EVELSO-FV-ARYINGE-MOTIONSBEING IN LOVE IS ALWAYS A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP!
Qwana Reynolds-Frasier - Friend In Your Pocket Conversations Session One
YOU ARE NOT A FINISHED WORK OF ARTYOU ARE A COMMISSIONED WORK IN PROGRESSHANGING IN A GALLERY UNDER CONSTRUCTION!KEEP PUSHING!
Lailah Gifty Akita -
If the root is holy, the branches shall be holy.
Onondiga -
We stand somewhere between the mountain and the ant.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa—Who knows most, knows least.
Lailah Gifty Akita -
Who can walk in the shoes of the sacrifice of the Lamb,the Lord Jesus Christ?
Lailah Gifty Akita -
My spirit thirst for the living water.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
I can only run the rate in which my heart beats.
Jim Butcher - The Aeronaut's Windlass
In the void, there is no distinction of east and west."Gwen blinked slightly at that. "I know all of those words, and yet when strung together like that I have no idea what they mean.
Inio Asano - Nijigahara Holograph
...he didn't know if he was Chuang Tzu who dreamed he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Chuang Tzu.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Show a man too many camels' bones,or show them to him too often,and he will not be able to recognize a camel when he comes across a live one.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
A man's capacity is the same as his breadth of vision.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Before the antidote arrives from Iraq The man with snake-bite will be dead.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
The bowl is warmer than the soup.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.
Idries Shah - Sufi Thought and Action
There are as many paths to Truth as there are souls of men.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
The hearts of the noble are the graves of confidences.
Idries Shah - Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
The skilled artisan uses the same iron to make a horseshoeAs he does for a polished mirror for the King.
Idries Shah - Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
God provides the food, men provide the cooks.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss.
Idries Shah -
When you get a principle on which everyone is agreed, you get the beginning of complacency and deterioration.
Idries Shah - Seeker After Truth
Whatever goes into a salt-mine becomes salt.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Of whom can we think well when it is believed that if nothing bad is done to you, this has been a kindness?
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
When sense has left a head, it should be called a tail.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
If you want to be a calligrapher, write, and write, and write.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
No effort makes a black crow into a white hawk.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Pick up a bee from kindness, and learn the limitations of kindness.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Much smoke has been seen, and caused great fear of fire — even when no fire ensued.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Man has less than he suspects of: Time, Friends, Hopes, Qualities.Proverb
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
A stolen kiss is not easily returned.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
You will never reach Mecca, I fear: for you are on the road to Turkestan.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Take the straight path, even if it is long: marry no widow, even if she is a houri.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
What goes into a salt-mine becomes salt.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
The power of Allah: no sound, no shape, no form. But when it manifests, none can resist it.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
No colour comes after black.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Learning without action is like wax without honey.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
THE HEAVENSTo the mallet of the Highest MindThe heavens are the smallest possible ball.(Akhlaq-i-Mohsini)
Idries Shah -
THE BIRD AND THE WATERA bird which has not heard of fresh waterDips his beak in salt-water year after year.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Whoever has taught me one letter has made me his slave.
Idries Shah - Sufi Thought and Action
The bird which has no knowledge of pure water, has his beak in salt water all year round.
Idries Shah - The Dermis Probe
Rust through washing never became white.