Fall down seven times, stand up eight.

Treasure every encounter, for it can never recur in this life.

Even dust, when piled through patience, becomes a towering mountain.

Even monkeys fall from trees.

After the storm has soaked the earth, the ground hardens into stone.

The capable hawk hides its talons.

Sit upon a cold stone for three years, and it will become warm.

Let the grievance flow away into the river.

Spilled water never returns to the tray.

Even a creature an inch long possesses half an inch of soul.

Do your human best, then entrust the outcome to heaven.

Prefer the nourishing dumpling over the ornamental flower.

Do not cast gold coins before a wandering cat.

The broken bowl repaired with gold is more radiant than the unbroken one.

The cherry blossom is breathtaking precisely because it knows it must fall.

When your own heart enters into stillness, the entire universe becomes still.

The wind cannot be seen, yet it reveals its soul by swaying the cedar branches.

Regret never walks in front of the deed; it always follows in the shadows.

The crane lives a thousand years, the tortoise ten thousand; walk with nature's deliberate rhythm.

To conquer without unsheathing the sword is the supreme mastery of the sage.

Where there is a dark shadow, a brilliant light is guaranteed to be standing nearby.

Do not overlook the humble violet beneath your feet while gazing at distant summits.

One who knows their own nature harbors no bitter grudges toward others.

Pushing against a silk curtain only exhausts the fist.

Only when walking the solitary path does its true depth reveal itself.

Even the mightiest oak tree began as an acorn hidden in the darkness of the earth.

One who listens deeply learns ten times faster than one who speaks constantly.

A single sincere tear washes away years of accumulated dust from the spirit.

Even when you stumble from the path, the footprint leaves a lesson in humility.

Time is the quietest physician; allow the seasons to do their work.

The morning cloud becomes the wing of the evening sunset.

The water that yields to the riverbed eventually carves through the stone.

Even the fool possesses one sacred spark of purpose under heaven.

To see the truth of the mountain, you must not fear the mist along the trail.

The tongue is only three inches long, yet it can bring down a seven-foot warrior.

A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it; it simply blooms.

The moon does not withhold its reflection from the muddy puddle.

The bow must bend before the arrow can fly toward its mark.

The roof that weathers the heaviest snow does not shake with the wind.

When the tea is finished, only the silence remains.

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

What you seek is seeking you.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.