91 Sayings of Tibetan Origin

1. "The world's Great Journeys begin with the first step." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "To set fire to the wood, you need the help of the wind." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "As a thing is viewed, so it appears." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "Knowing just one word of wisdom is like knowing a hundred ordinary words." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Traveling is a return to the essentials." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Sow good and you'll reap good; sow bad and you'll reap bad. You don't have to cut down a tree to get its fruit." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "Each lama has his own teaching." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "The father may well be a horse, but it's most likely that the son will be a mule." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "Medicine that heals is not always sweet and caring words are not always pleasant." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "You are only master of food that you haven't yet eaten." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "Our best masters are those who make us suffer the most." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "With a resolute heart, a mouse can lift an elephant." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Who can say with certainty that one will live to see the morrow?" (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "If the inner mind is not deluded, the outer actions will not be wrong." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "Excellent Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "A lie is like a jump from a high roof." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "If you don't know where you are, any road will do." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "There are no incurable diseases but only incurable people." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "When you die, you rejoice, and the world cries." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Credulity breeds credulity and ends in hypocrisy." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "A child without education is like a bird without wings." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Cling not to experiences for ever-changing are they." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "The highest art is the art of living an ordinary life in an extraordinary manner." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "To spread the news is to multiply it." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "The rubbish we speak is like froth on the water, actions are drops of gold." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "My enemy's liver is the sheath of my sword." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Words are mere bubbles of water; deeds are drops of gold." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "If there is only one earring among seven daughters, there will always be a quarrel on festival days." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "The unfortunate would be bitten by toothless dogs." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "A father deserted by a wise son is like being caught in a shower without a felt." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "The essence of the spirit is space; there is nothing it holds to in the end." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "By pride one causes virtue to decline." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "When a king is about to lose his power his orders burn more intensely than fire." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "Eat according to the limits of your provisions; walk according to the length of your step." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "No matter if you eat a little or a lot of garlic, the smell is just as strong." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "One good punch on your enemy's nose, gives more pleasure than hearing well-meaning advice from your elders." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "Without a woman's help, a man cannot set up a tent." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "Thieves never steal bells." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "An elephant has enormous dung, don't try to defecate like an elephant. Don't try to wipe someone else's ass if yours is un wiped." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "If peace reigns in the land, a nun can govern it." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "If I tell you my dream, you might forget it. If I act on my dream, perhaps you will remember it, but if I involve you, it becomes your dream too." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "Cure the illness that is not yet an illness." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "It is easier to put leather on the soles of one's feet than cover the world with leather." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "A nibbling rabbit can also die of overfeeding." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "Eating much of sweetness you do not know if it be sweet anymore." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "The wise man's wealth lies in good deeds that follow ever after him." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "To change the world we must first change ourselves." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Having drunk the country's water, one should obey the country's laws." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "The wise understand; fools follow the reports of others." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "Master and servant, both have the same body odor." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "Lies are short-lived." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "If the master gets drunk it is an honorable drunkenness; if the servant does it is evidence of his mean disposition." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "Water in the mouth before eating; water in the eyes when the bill comes." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "He who has had enough to eat thinks of serving God; the hungry think of stealing." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "Men will always lose the battle against cholera and bureaucracy." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "Don't trust a hungry man to watch your rice." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "Excellent people are honored wherever they go." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "The wish is father to the thought." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "Without an ax no tree can be cut down." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "A hundred male and a hundred female qualities make a perfect human being." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "The moon grows darker as it gets nearer to the sun." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "Don't praise my good fortune before I'm dead and buried." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "Learn what you want and leave or others." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "Those who have saved one life have saved the entire world." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "Landing a single punch on your enemy's nose is more satisfying than hearing well-intentioned advice from your elders." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "It is easy to see the fly on the other person's nose, while ignoring the horse on your own." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "At the bottom of patience is Heaven." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "If I know I will die tomorrow, I can still learn something tonight." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "If your inner mind isn't deceived, your outer actions won't be wrong." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "Daughters are no better than crows." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "Better once to see than many times to hear." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "Spreading the news is also multiplying it." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "To a tendai monk, everything is wonderful." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "He who knows a great deal has a hundred eyes." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity will not attain great prosperity." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

77. "Rebellious thoughts are like an abandoned house overtaken by robbers." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

78. "The thousand brilliant accomplishments of the past cannot serve today's purpose." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

79. "Any fool can say “Ah”, you need intelligence to say “Yes”." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

80. "Plant rice when the ground is ready; pursue women when you feel passion." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

81. "Luck that lasts is always suspected." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

82. "Cold hearts can find warm words." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

83. "When drinking water, think about the source." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

84. "Better than the young man's knowledge is the old man's experience." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

85. "The young magpie that pulls feathers out of his mother thinks that he is showing gratitude in that way." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

86. "Only a certain amount of flowers and jewels are beautiful." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

87. "Learn to stand up where one falls." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

88. "Don't notice the tiny flea in the other person's hair and overlook the lumbering yak on your own nose." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

89. "Beat a Chinese long enough and he will talk Tibetan." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

90. "It is hard work to be the mother of many pigs." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

91. "If it is here, it is everywhere. If it is not here, it is nowhere." (Tibetan Sayings) Click to tweet