Chuan Quotes & Sayings

He landed on cheap shot, but I knocked him out of the tournament. — Josh Waitzkin

We are known in a depth of darkness through which we ourselves do not even dare to look. And at the same time, we are seen in a height of a fullness which surpasses our highest vision. — Paul Tillich

No one has yet tested the pencil
To see how many words it can write — Xi Chuan

Tai Chi Chuan, the great ultimate, strengthens the weak, raises the sick, invigorates the debilitated, and encourages the timid — Cheng Man-ch'ing

You do not get to pick and choose which parts of her to love, Dorian had once said to him. He'd been right. So painfully right. Nesryn — Sarah J. Maas

Many people pretend to be in thought, proving thought to be a beautiful thing.
But the bald man doesn't need a comb, the tiger doesn't need weapons, the fool doesn't need thought. The person with no needs is practically a sage, but the sage also needs to count the rivers across the iron bridge to pass the time. This is the difference between the sage and the fool. — Xi Chuan

There is no mystique to Tai Chi Chuan. What is difficult is the perseverance. It took me ten years to discover my chi, but thirty years to learn how to use it. Once you see the benefit, you won't want to stop. — Ma Yueliang

Night is the sleep of seven wax moths
Dawn is the singing of five mermaids
Noon is the scratching of three field mice
Dusk is the shadow of a crow — Xi Chuan

He hoped she would not provide his family with any of her poems, which tended to use words like nipple. — Jean Thompson

I have no illusions about being a genius musician. I pride myself on being a soldier, a warrior for jazz. I trained a lot of young people, and I've learned my lessons well. I'd like to keep the flame burning. — Phil Woods

I believe something very deeply. That Britain's national interest is best served in a flexible, adaptable and open European Union and that such a European Union is best with Britain in it. — David Cameron

Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you have will save you.
If you do not have that within you, what you do not have within you [will] kill you — Saint Thomas The Apostle

I believe that the attacks on your life have much more to do with who you might be in the future than who you have been in the past. — Lisa Bevere

The lofty bookshelves sag
Under thousands of sleeping souls
Silence, hopeful -
Every time I open a book, a soul is awakened. — Xi Chuan

The five excellences include: calligraphy, painting, poetry, medicine, and t'ai chi chuan. — Cheng Man-ch'ing

If I breathe, what will my heart think?
If I vomit, what will my soul think? — Xi Chuan

The environmental issues we face today are complex and span many knowledge domains. This undergraduate degree programme in Environmental Studies will nurture a pool of graduates who are able to think deeply and broadly about these issues, and help develop novel solutions for Singapore, Asia and beyond. I am delighted at this programme for another reason - it is the first undergraduate course that draws on expertise from eight Faculties in NUS, making full use of the comprehensive strengths of our University. — Tan Chorh Chuan

He remembers the five rules of combat set down by Chuan Tzu - faith, companions, time, space and strategy. — Paulo Coelho