Quotes- Chinese Wisdom

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." 
-( Lao Tsu)
"There is no greater happiness than freedom from worry, and there is no greater wealth than contentment." 
-( Lao Tsu)
"People's tendency towards good is as water's tendency is to flow downhill."
 -(Mencius)
"Eat less, taste more."
-(traditional Chinese proverb)
"Failure lies not in falling down. Failure lies in not getting up." 
-(traditional Chinese proverb)
"The higher my rank, the more humbly I behave. The greater my power, the less I exercise it. The richer my wealth, the more I give away. Thus I avoid, respectively, envy and spite and misery." 
-(Sun Shu Ao, Chinese minister from the Chu Kingdom, Zhou Dynasty, in 600BC)
"Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." 
-(Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC)
"Softness overcomes hardness." 
-(Zuo Qiuming, court writer of the State of Lu, and contemporary of Confucius, in 500BC)
"The greatest capability of superior people is that of helping other people to be virtuous." 
-(Mencius, Chinese philosopher, in 300BC)
"A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others." 
-(Confucius)
"Failure is the mother of success." 
-(traditional Chinese proverb)
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." 
-( Confucius) 
"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask is a fool for ever." 
-(traditional Chinese proverb)
"With a strong heart and a ready mind what have I to fear?" 
-(Chu Yuan, China's first great poet and considered the father of Chinese poetry, his death by drowning  is celebrated every year on the Day of Dragon Boat Festival)
"Half an orange tastes as sweet as a whole one." 
-(traditional Chinese proverb)
"The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first." 
-( Lao Tsu)
"He knows most who says he knows least."
-(Confucius)