Fortune Cookies.

May cut into strips and insert in next recipe for deep-fried life*

  • New roofs and new trees are a new sky.
  • New sky renews the heart. New actions renew the mind. Together they are a renaissance.
  • To look straight ahead is as simple as putting on a mask.
  • The road to hell may be paved with good intentions.
  • The road to material success may be paved with bad intentions.
  • The road to true success is always cobbled, and when one arrives, all intentions have been overcome.
  • Wading in shallow places may find you deep in thought.
  • One’s intentions must be kept well-organized like your papers.
  • Some to sign, some to wrap, some to wipe.
  • An unclear diamond can be used in a saw. 
  • An unclear mind tells many stories.
  • Small misfortune displacing many great misfortunes is great fortune.
  • Listen to the voice telling your story, and you may not tell it again.
  • If we speak to hear something said, we are surprised when it is true.
  • The organized person and the disorganized person always have enough time.
  • Muddy thoughts waste time. He that steals your time, steals your freedom.
  • The value of your home is not the value of your thoughts but the state of your home is the state of your mind.
  • Wooden shelves were invented to put stray thoughts away.
  • To forgive our parents, we often will repeat their mistakes.
  • When a day can seem a month a year may be just 12 days long
  • One’s innermost needs may be met by one’s outermost needs–and conversely.
  • Plastic shelves work just as well as wooden shelves.

* Without lucky numbers. Without daily Chinese lesson.


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