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
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Summer (June 27, 2006)
Philosophers’ Potpourri (June 9, 2006)
Ponder These Things (May 17, 2006)
Holy Week (April 4, 2006)
Evening Prayer (March 10, 2006)
Morning Prayers (Feb. 6, 2006)
Hope (Jan. 16, 2006)
Christmas (Dec. 19, 2005)
Poetry (Dec. 12, 2005)
Grace that Surprises (Oct. 3, 2005)
Friendship (August 31, 2005)
Wisdom That Sticks (August 8, 2005)
His Body, His Blood (June 08, 2005)
On Baptism (April 25, 2005)
Discovering God (April 07, 2005)
Welcoming the Stranger (Feb. 22, 2005)
The Church and Mission (Feb. 02, 2005)
The Church (Jan. 11, 2005)
Word Made Flesh (Dec. 20, 2004)
The Way of Salvation (Nov. 08, 2004)
Sin and Evil (Oct. 18, 2004)
Teaching and Learning (Sept. 15, 2004)
Wisdom for the Road (Aug. 02, 2004)
Discipleship (July 13, 2004
Conversion (June 09, 2004)
The Outpoured Spirit (May 03, 2004)
He Is Risen (April 08, 2004)
