Greetings to you, my most noble student. Thank you for visiting my page. Below are seeds of wisdom, I hope that you will find the time to explore these words, and from their wisdom, find contentment. Remember that it is you and only you who can make yourself happy and rich in body and spirit. Practice with diligence and patience and you will find peace.
On this page you will find the ages-old wisdom of Aesop, the time-honored teachings of Lao Tzu, the philosophies of Zen, ancient proverbs of the East as well as more recent knowledge from Western culture. These teachings serve to illustrate that wisdom holds no boundaries, be they seeds grown in the East or West. I humbly propose to you that the wizened individual holds no prejudices, but keeps the mind ever an open receptacle. In this, we strive to lift the veils from our eyes and find contentment. In contentment, we are rich. This is True.
It is our duty to attempt to grasp the oft breezy caress within these words and build them into a foundation of knowledge as mighty as the great oak. In doing so we gain the ultimate power, the power of wisdom. Knowledge is mighty, but without wisdom, it is brandished like a club. It is wisdom we seek here.
It gives me great pleasure to offer these insights to you, and I trust that they will help you along your path. At times, the knowledge herein may seem foreign to you... contradictory to what you believe... I ask that you consider this wisdom with patience and understanding. I also ask that you review these words with diligence. Although you may have read these passages numerous times in the past, time has a way of unlocking doors within our minds. New enlightenment will come with frequent study. This is as it should be. We are all students in and of life. Let us study together.
I bid you peace and contentment until we meet once again.


One day, the fleet-footed Hare was teasing the slow-moving Tortoise for her lack of speed. The Tortoise frowned for a moment and then challenged the Hare to a race. The Hare laughed, looking at the proposal as a joke, and thus accepted the challenge. The race began, and as expected, the quick Hare immediately took a large lead. At the half-way point in the course, the Hare could barely see the Tortoise far off in the distance behind him, and so he leaped into a field of tall grass and began to nibble and play, enjoying himself and giggling over the audacity of the Tortoise to challenge him in the first place. As the Hare frolicked in the field, he grew weary in the afternoon heat and decided to take a quick nap; for even if the Tortoise gained the lead while he slept, he could easily make up the difference with his terrific speed. And thus the Hare fell fast asleep and dreamed of his great victory against his plodding (not to mention slow-witted) opponent. Meanwhile, the Tortoise maintained her pace, unwavering and unresting, straight towards the finish line. The Hare finally awoke from his nap with a start, and he was shocked to find that the Tortoise was nowhere in sight, behind on in front. Off bounded the Hare with all the speed he could muster, but when he arrived at the finish line, he discovered that the Tortoise was already there, waiting for his arrival with a smile on her face.
Moral: Slow and steady wins the race.
寓意：缓慢且持续的人会赢得比赛，即，稳扎稳打无往不胜。
上面是龟兔赛跑的故事。


Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
你的能力能让你登越顶峰，然而是你的品格让你一直站在顶峰。

Ability is what you're capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it.
能力就是你能做什么事。
动力决定你做什么。
态度决定你做得如何。

A bird does not sing because it has an answer - it sings because it has a song.
不鸣则已,一鸣惊人。

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.
- Chinese Proverb -
封闭的思想好比一本合起来的书，只不过是一块木头。
-中国谚语-
意即是：死脑筋就象死书本；呆若木鸡

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
行动未必总能带来幸福，但没有行动却一定没有幸福。
- 英国首相及小说家 Benjamin Disraeli -

A cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
愤世嫉俗者知道每件东西的价格，却完全不知道它们的价值

A drop of ink may make a million think.
一滴墨水写成的文字可让千万人思索。