Friend, Book of Proverbs

A friend is a friend at all times, and a brother is born for the time of adversity.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 17

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Cat, Ryan Wolfe

Natalia: What does a girl usually do before a date?
Ryan: Make me wait in the living room with her cat?

- CSI: Miami, Power Trip (7.09)

Friend, Chinese Proverb

衣莫若新 人莫若故

- 中國俗談

Friendship is like wine - the older, the better.

- Chinese Proverb

Advice, Book of Proverbs

Of what use is money in the hands of fools when they have no heart to acquire wisdom?

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 16

[17:16] The exhortation to acquire or purchase wisdom is common in Proverbs. Fools misunderstand the metaphor, assuming they can buy it with money. Their very misunderstanding shows they have no “heart” = mind, understanding. Money in the hand is no good without such a “heart” to store it in.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Universe, Bernard Bailey

When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.

- Bernard Bailey (1916-1996)

Summer, Celia Thaxter

There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.

- Celia Thaxter (1835-1894)

Health, Thich Nhat Hanh

Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos - the trees, the clouds, everything.

- Thich Nhat Hanh (1926- )

Advice, Book of Proverbs

If you return evil for good, evil will not depart from your house.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 13

[17:13] The paradox is that to pay out evil for good means that the evil will never leave one’s own house.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17