It is better to have a spacious mind than a spacious house.
| 屋 |
house |
| 寬 | spacious |
| 不 | not |
| 如 | like; equal |
| 心 | heart; mind |
| 寬 | spacious |
Do all that is possible within human limits and leave the rest to Heaven's will.
| 先 |
first |
| 盡 | exert; exhaust |
| 人 | human |
| 事 | effort |
| 後 | afterward |
| 聴 | listen (to); await |
| 天 | Heaven's |
| 命 | decree |
One who is willing to restrain a moment's anger will avoid a hundred days' sorrow.
| 肯 |
willing |
| 忍 | (to) restrain |
| 一 | one |
| 時 | moment |
| 之 | of |
| 氣 | anger |
| 可 | can |
| 免 | avoid |
| 百 | hundred |
| 日 | days |
| 之 | of |
| 憂 | grief; sorrow |
Man does not live to a hundred years but he worries enough for a thousand.
| 人 |
man |
| 無 | hasn't |
| 百 | hundred |
| 年 | years |
| 身 | body |
| 常 | (yet) always |
| 懷 | embraces |
| 千 | thousand |
| 古 | years |
| 憂 | worries |
From ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs, edited by John S. Rohsenow
/misc | Feb 17, 2013