Ping Fu quotes
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“Our choice, always, is to love and understand.”
-- Ping FuSource : Ping Fu (2012). “Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds”, p.172, Penguin UK
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“Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the ability to bounce back even from the most difficult times. . . . Your ability to thrive depends, in the end, on your attitude to your life circumstances. Take everything in stride with grace, putting forth energy when it is needed, yet always staying calm inwardly.”
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“Life has been messy for me, as it has for most everyone. I have come to the realization that challenging experiences break us all at some point—our bodies and minds, our hearts and egos. When we put ourselves back together, we find that we are no longer perfectly straight, but rather bent and cracked. Yet it is through these cracks that our authenticity shines. It is by revealing these cracks that we can learn to see and be seen deeply.”
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“I believe that behind every closed door there is an open space.”
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“Your ability to survive depends on your attitude”
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“Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.”
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“It's easy to be generous with money. Far harder to be generous with your time.”
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“When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.”
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“Perhaps sometimes life shows you a side of itself which leaves you with nothing more to say”
Source : Alessandro Baricco (1998). “Silk”, Vintage
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