Proverbs
Let the past drift away with the water.
- Japanese Proverb
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not
understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Koan
When the student is ready, the master appears.
- Buddhist Teaching
A woman’s appetite is twice that of a man’s; her sexual
desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.
- Sanskrit Proverb
Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path. Ignorance,
conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem from a lost soul.
Pray that they will find guidance.
- Native American Saying
If you destroy a bridge, be sure you can swim.
- African Proverb
A man thinks he knows, but a woman knows better.
- Chinese Proverb
Only a fool fights in a burning house.
- Old Klingon Proverb
Important life lessons from the lazy geisha for when life is raining down upon you and you find yourself without an umbrella!
1AudaciousAria
wrote on 17 August 2008 at 1:30
Let the past drift away with the water.
- Japanese Proverb
A sure favorite. I love the vision I get with that too. There’s certainly a lot of things in my own past that could do with drifting down that river.
2nina aoki
wrote on 17 August 2008 at 19:22
AudaciousAria,
Thanks — that’s actually one of my favorites. (That and the Klingon one! You can never go wrong with Old Klingon Proverbs!)
Kapla!
nina
3alliterative red
wrote on 19 August 2008 at 11:21
Good things to read on a Tuesday…and they fit in with my crazy Sunday perfectly. Tho, after my trip to the beach and the incident of the recurring jellyfish, I’m not so sure the past drifts away on the water the way we’d like it to, sometimes….
4Richard
wrote on 19 August 2008 at 19:46
Nina: Go pick up a qt of Maine Blueberry’s, make yourself a pie, simple, but oh so good for the soul, a little whipped cream on the top, or a little ice cream, but it will bring you out of whatever doldums your in………. Richard
5AudaciousAria
wrote on 19 August 2008 at 23:01
Did someone say “Pie”?!
And where’s mine?!?!
6nina aoki
wrote on 22 August 2008 at 20:07
alliterative red,
Yes… sometimes…
Thanks hon,
xoxo,
nina
7nina aoki
wrote on 22 August 2008 at 20:07
Richard,
Pie would be nice! Thanks hon!
nina
8nina aoki
wrote on 22 August 2008 at 20:08
I’m still waiting for mine Aria!
9Lazy Ichi, Wanderer
wrote on 17 September 2008 at 23:05
“A woman’s appetite is twice that of a man’s; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times. - Sanskrit Proverb”
See, this is why Sanskrit is a dead language. They got confused and used “her” in place of “his”, and “woman” in place of “man” (and vice versa).
Mistakes like that make a dead language.
Music today…
“Elements Turn” by Pitch Black NZ from the “Ape to Angel” cd.