Bliss, Happiness

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

- Louise Bogan (1897–1970), US-american Poet

Advice, Chilean Proverb

Anguish is our worst advisor.

- Chilean Proverb

Advice, Chinese Proverb

If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Chilean Proverb

A bad rumor is better than bad news.

- Chilean Proverb

Life, Chinese Proverb

A man may know the world without leaving his own home.

- Chinese Proverb

Beginning, Danish proverb

Af god begyndelse haabes god endelse.

Idiomatic translation: A good beginning makes a good ending.

- Danish proverb

Meaning: Just trying something is a great way in order to solve a problem.
Strauss, Emanuel (1998). Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs (Abbreviated ed.). Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 0415160502.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Danish_proverbs

Work, Chinese Proverb

空行空返。

- 中國俗談

No song, no supper.

- Chinese Proverb

Spring, Western Proverb

April Showers bring May flowers.

- Western Proverb

Friend, Western Proverb

A life wthout a friend is a life without a sun.

- Western Proverb

Greed, Chinese Proverb

我田引水。

- 中國俗談

Draw water to one's mill.

- Chinese Proverb