I find there to be profound wisdom in proverbs, sayings and quotes and I marvel at the way they are so succinct in communicating messages to the reader. Mostly anonymous, they come to us from past generations and from across cultures. They speak of the experiences of lives lived and lessons learned. Quotes, like proverbs, make us think more deeply about something.
Each Thursday, I post a Proverb or Saying and a quote that I find thought-provoking. I hope you will too.
A closed mind is like a closed book, just a block of wood
-Chinese Proverb
“Those who try to control others are out of control internally…because if one is in a state of inner peace, they do not fear another persons free will.”
~A Window of Wisdom
Something Proverbial to Ponder About
Something to Ponder About 
Yes, proverbs make our lives so much richer, thanks:)
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Thank you for your comment, mukhamani
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Waar het hart vol van is, stroomt de mond van over.
Where the heart is full of, the mouth will spill it out.
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This is an interesting proverb, Gerard. But I can say it has happened to me!!!
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I fully agree with both proverbs but find the second one so much more thought-provoking. I think that people with a desperate need to control others do so because of deep insecurity themselves. They fear that free-thinking individuals would heighten that insecurity (or fear of failure, or whatever). Both interesting proverbs, Amanda. 🙂
(I’ve just this minute noticed the reference to my blog in your Blogroll! I’m honoured that you should have mentioned me – so all I can do is offer a huge thank you! I haven’t looked at it yet, so I don’t even know when you wrote it. If it was during this last week, I haven’t been on my blog much at all – just to reply to comments, that’s all. I’m really trying to concentrate on my third book now, and finding it hard to fit so many things in. So I’m so sorry for missing it. You must think I’m very rude! Humble apologies, Amanda.) 🙂
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No worries, Millie. The blogroll has been up about three weeks or so. I have been limited in my blog time of late too. Good luck with finishing the book.
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Thank you, again! :0
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Wise people, the old Chinese.
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Yes they were indeed, Ann-Christine
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