Great Throughts Treasury

"Put a stout heart to a steep hill."

"Put by for a rainy day."

"Rather a piece of bread with a happy heart than wealth with grief."

"Repetition teaches even a donkey."

"Routine and prejudice distort vision. Each man thinks his own horizon is the limit of the world."

"Run as hard as a wild beast if you will, but you won't get any reward greater than that destined for you."

"Said when people leave upon others’ arrival."

"Seeing someone else’s problems makes your own problems seem smaller."

"Silence is more than just a lack of words."

"Seek peacefully, you will find."

"Shining I Inside, let Him guide my heart."

"Silence is the best answer to the stupid."

"Similar to the above, used to describe someone's similarity to one of their parents."

"Social good is what brings peace to family and society."

"Some people's disasters provide benefits for other people."

"Someone free plays the judge."

"Someone who tries to do two things at once is a liar, and someone who tries to do three things at once is a hypocrite."

"Someone with their ass exposed likes to criticize."

"Someone without even a collar tries to jump up [i.e. to a higher social class]."

"Start walking, and eventually you'll find what you need-- even if it's not what you want."

"Stretch your legs as far as your blanket extends."

"That which is said in your heart, let it be realized by springing up spontaneously."

"Take your time before getting into fights you can avoid."

"The bald woman boasts of her niece's hair."

"Stretch your legs as far as your quilt goes."

"That parents may be tough to their children is because they love them."

"The barking of a dog does not disturb the man on a camel."

"The bad student's excuse is erasing the blackboard."

"The beautiful is beautiful even right after rising from sleep, and the ugly is ugly even if they wash their face every day."

"The believer is afflicted."

"The believer is not bitten from the same hole twice. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."

"The best and shortest road towards knowledge of truth is Nature."

"The body is the house of god. That is why it is said, Man know yourself."

"The bullet that doesn't hit anything still makes a noise."

"The boatsman reacheth the landing partly by pulling, partly by letting go."

"The carpenter’s door is falling apart."

"The clever one spins with a donkey’s leg [i.e. can make something out of nothing]."

"The costly news of today will be free tomorrow."

"The bride and bridegroom are happy at a wedding, but the guests go home unhappily."

"The cat only likes its strangler."

"The dearest son is the grandson."

"The day cuts off the promise of the night."

"The dream of cats is all mice."

"The dog's tail will never straighten out."

"The eye sees, but the arm is short cannot reach."

"The eye doesn't go higher than the brow."

"The doors of the hidden land are opened before you…Osiris, conqueror of millions of years, come unto thee."

"The drunk is in the care of the sober."

"The fan will donate his skullcap."

"The first concerning the 'secrets': all cognition comes from inside; we are therefore initiated only by ourselves, but the Master gives the keys."