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Favorite Quotes

Here, in no particular order, are some of my favorite sayings and quotes:

“To know one’s self is to know others for heart understands heart."
– a Chinese Proverb

“First the mind then the body…"
– a Tai Chi classic

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The More Things Change…

The Emperor Huang Di asked: "I have heard that many people in ancient times lived to a hundred without showing signs of aging. But today people look old at the age of fifty. Is it because times have changed or because people are not following proper ways of preserving health?" Qi Bo answered: "People in ancient …

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Good Luck? Bad Luck?

There is a Chinese story of an old farmer who had an old horse for tilling his fields. One day the horse escaped into the hills and when all the farmer’s neighbors sympathized with the old man over his bad luck, the farmer replied, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?” A week later the horse …

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Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all." "One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego." "The other is Good. …

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