Top 11 Quotes by Tehyi Hsieh

The key to success isn't much good until one discovers the right lock to insert it in.

Keys, Locks, Key To Success

Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

Doubt, Action, Theory

Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”

The West can teach the East how to get a living, but the East must eventually be asked to show the West how to live.

East, West, Teach

Lean too much upon the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns.

People, Bed, Thorns

Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”

A road that does not lead to other roads always has to be retraced, unless the traveller chooses to rust at the end of it.

Doe, Rust, Ends

Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”

Prudence is sometimes stretched too far, until it blocks the road of progress.

Block, Progress, Sometimes

Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”

If ignorance is indeed bliss, it is a very low grade of the article.

Ignorance, Bliss, Lows

Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”

The schools of the country are its future in miniature.

Education, Country, School

Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”

If the world knew how to use freedom without abusing it, tyranny would not exist.

Liberty, Use, World

Harmony would lose its attractiveness if it did not have a background of discord.

Harmony, Backgrounds, Discord

Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”

I'm mighty glad that I found you. Have a terrific birthday.

Birthday, Found You, Glad

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