THE BEST TIME to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today. Chinese proverb
IF YOU are planning for a year,
sow rice.
If you are planning for a decade,
plant trees.
If you are planning for a lifetime,
educate people. Chinese proverb
IF YOU can talk, you can sing;
if you can walk, you can dance. African proverb
TELL ME who's your friend, and I'll tell you who you are. Russian proverb
A JOY that's shared is a joy made double. John Ray, English Proverbs
WORRY often gives a small thing a big shadow. Swedish proverb
MAN plans; God laughs. Yiddish saying
WHEN elephants fight, the grass always is the one that suffers. Swahili saying
AS A NAIL sticketh between a door and a hinge, so sticketh sin between buying and selling. Anabaptist saying
WHEREVER the heart is, the feet don't hesitate to go. Togo saying
WHEN YOU were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. Indian proverb
VISITOR'S footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. Bantu proverb
NO SNOWFLAKE ever falls in the wrong place. Zen saying
THE DEATH of an old person is like the loss of a library. African proverb
MONEY IS a good servant but a bad master. H. G. Bohn, Handbook of Proverbs
DANGER and delight grow on one stalk. English proverb
WHEN "Do no evil" has been understood, then learn the harder, braver rule, "Do good." Arthur Guiterman, A Poet's Proverbs
THE BEGINNING of health is to know the disease. Spanish proverb
IT IS PART of the cure to wish to be cured. Latin proverb
A GOOD LAUGH and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book. Irish proverb
While we pray for peace, we need moral clarity about this war.
A Christian reconciliation group in Israel and Palestine warned that war would come. Now the war threatens their relevance.españolالعربيةFrançaisрусскийУкраїнська
The plan would organize UMC churches in four global regions, with each given more leeway around same-sex marriage and other theological issues.
