Humorous Sayings
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A man remains foolish until his 40th year, when he begins to recognize his foolishness; then life is soon over.
If the earth is fit for laughter, then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.
You have as much laughter as you have faith.
Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.
A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.'
If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
Let people return to making knots on ropes, instead of writing.
The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.
The sage attends to the belly, and not to what he sees.
Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it's own accord.
A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.
Do not hold grain waiting for higher prices when people are hungry.
Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. A gentle hand can lead even an elephant by a hair. Reply to thine enemy with gentleness.
Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
Suffer no anxiety, for he who is a sufferer of anxiety becomes regardless of enjoyment of the world and the spirit, and contraction happens to his body and soul.