Philosophy Quote by M.-L. von Franz

As soon as we notice that certain types of events 'like' to cluster together at certain times, we begin to understand the Chinese, whose…

— Marie-Louise von Franz

“‎The Chinese believe in constant change, but with things always moving back to some prior state. They pay attention to a wide range of…

— Richard E. Nisbett

“China produced no religious themes in the Western sense at all. The Chinese never generated a myth of cosmic creation.”

— Henry Kissinger

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.

— Pearl S. Buck

Early Chinese thinkers had taken variety at face value. They had favored diversification and collected anomalies instead of trying to explain them away.

— Paul Feyerabend

The Chinese have a theory that you pass through boredom into fascination and I think it's true. I would never choose a subject for…

— Diane Arbus

Coincidence may be described as the chance encounter of two unrelated causal chains which - miraculously, it seems - merge into a significant event.

— Arthur Koestler

“One never thinks of China, but it is there all the time on the tips of your fingers and it makes your nose itchy;…

— Henry Miller

Time in China has no immediacy as in America. Here I find the swift passage of our few earthly years accepted as naturally as…

— Nora Waln

“A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over…

— Henry Kissinger

“How we explain coincidences depends on how we see the world. Is everything connected or do things merely co-occur? It’s all in how you…

— Janet Evanovich

Every event, whether they're positive or negative, shapes us. And sometimes, events happen that we couldn't even fathom.

— Julie Payette