Xiaowen Quotes & Sayings

Solitude is used to teach us how to live with other people. Rage is used to show us the infinite value of peace. Boredom is used to underline the importance of adventure & spontaneity. Silence is used to teach us to use words responsibly. Tiredness is used so that we can understand the value of waking up. Illness is used to underline the blessing of good health. Fire is used to teach us about water. Earth is used so that we can understand the value of air. Death is used to show us the importance of life. — Paulo Coelho

We are the ancestors of our grandchildren's children. We look after them, just as our ancestors look after us. We aren't here for ourselves. We are here for each other and for the children of our grandchildren. — Roy Sesana

At first I didn't think I was going to fit into Barcelona's way of playing. There was a lot of tiki-taka and I was thinking that without a lot of space to play in, I'd find it more difficult. I worried about that. — Luis Suarez

People are no different from flowers. If you water them, they flourish. If you are not nice to them, they shrivel up — Richard Branson

I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is. — Martina Navratilova

I'm not a natural researcher, and I don't get bogged down in it, but I think if you get it right in the first half, people will forgive you, and then you can move on with the story. — Sarah Pinborough

Every day sing and dance and feel the joy. — Marty Rubin

In the end I'm the only one who knows me. — Donnie Wahlberg

Buddhism helps people to overcome pain. The deepest pain that Chinese people feel now is the pain of separation from loved ones, one of the eight pains in Buddhism. — Ye Xiaowen

The 'harmonious world' theory .. will help dispel doubts in the international community about China's continued development and refute the absurd 'China threat theory'. — Ye Xiaowen

I think I'm less disciplined than a lot of other people, I'm afraid, but on the other hand, I've written a lot of books. — Sue Miller

Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it'll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you'll actually find yourself thinking, 'I don't want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to 'The Flintstones?' — Al Yankovic

It is desirable for Buddhist affairs to help civilian rule. — Ye Xiaowen

The light of love is the brightest, because it shines into those who contact it and purify their soul. It is also dangerous in the fact that when you come into contact with it just once, you can't truly live life if it is to leave. — Shannan Jacoby

The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not with big deposits in bank account, but with little deposits of thoughtfulness and affection in the 'love account.' — Zig Ziglar

So now I spend my weekends with my mother in Petaluma, out of guilt. — Karina Halle