The trick of mastering the current is to know which way it will turn next.[to Kemen]
The iron that must bear the most heavy of burdens must also endure the most rigorous tempering!
Sometimes the seeds of a man’s destruction are also the seeds of his redemption.
Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.
Out of the acorn of a simple kindness, an oak tree of happiness will grow.
One only wins a two-front war by getting out of your enemy’s way.
One must access calm as much as fire.
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
One hand washes the other and both hands wash the face.
One cannot satisfy thirst by drinking seawater.
Once a dog bites, no matter how loyal you remember him once being, no matter your fondness for him, he must be put down.
Old people are so wise. They’re like tall Yodas.