Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.
Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.
She was bedridden falling a fall which broke her hip. X-rays showed that she had cancer of the colon which had already spreed. To my surprise I found her cheerful and free of pain, perhaps because of the small doses of morphine she was being given. She was surrounded by neighbours and friends who congregated at her bedside day and night. In this cosy, noisy, gregarious world of the "all-chinese" sickbed, so different from the stark, sterile solitude of the American hospital room, her life had assumed the astounding quality of a continuous farewell party.
Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.
People with yuan fen are destined to like one another; Friendship develops even if a thousand miles apart. But should yuan fen be absent between two individuals, They will remain strangers despite sitting face-to-face
At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as fast as they were applied.
You have your whole life ahead of you. Be smart. Study hard and be independent. I'm afraid the chances of your getting a dowry are slim. You must rely on yourself. No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge. The world is changing. You must make your own life outside this home.
Don't trust anyone. Be a cold fish. I hurt no one. And no one can hurt me.
But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.
Keep in mind that whenever you are in a crisis, you are in the midst of danger as well as opportunity.
The future belongs to you. Should anyone insult you, tell yourself this: I am a child of destiny who will unite East and West and change the world.
I read because I have to. It drives everything else from my mind. It lets me escape to find other world.
Suen Le! (it means, "Let it be.
You may be right in believing that if you study hard, one day you might become fluent in English. But you will still look Chinese, and when people meet you, they’ll see a Chinese girl no matter how well you speak English. You’ll always be expected to know Chinese, and if you don’t, I’m afraid they will not respect you as much.
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Adeline Yen Mah: Biography and Life Work
Adeline Yen Mah was a notable Author. The story of Adeline Yen Mah began on 30 November 1937 in Tianjin, China.
Adeline Yen Mah ( simplified Chinese : 马严君玲 ; traditional Chinese : 馬嚴君玲 ; pinyin : Mǎ Yán Jūnlíng ) (馬嚴君玲) (legal birthday 30 November 1937) is a Chinese-American author and physician. She grew up in Tianjin , Shanghai and Hong Kong, and is known for her autobiography Falling Leaves .
Legacy and Personal Influence
Academic foundations were established at St Joseph's Primary School, Tianjin, Sheng Xin Primary School, Shanghai, St Joseph's Primary School, Tianjin, Sacred Heart Canossian College, Hong Kong. Personally, Adeline Yen Mah was married to Byron Bai-lun Soon, Robert A. Mah. Historically, their work is best remembered for Writing.
Philosophical Views and Reflections
Yen Mah left for the United Kingdom in August 1952, and studied medicine at the London Hospital Medical College , eventually graduating with an M.B.B.S. Later, she obtained an M.R.C.P. from the Royal College of Physicians in 1962. Before the start of her career in the United States, she had a brief relationship with a man named Karl, and practised medicine in a Hong Kong hospital at the behest of her father, who refused to give her air fare when she expressed plans to move to America. She has stated in an interview with the South China Morning Post that her father wanted her to become an obstetrician in the belief that women wanted treatment only from a female doctor, but as she hated obstetrics she became an anaesthesiologist instead. Initially, Yen Mah pursued a career in medicine, including establishing a medical practice in California. However, after the success of her autobiography, Falling Leaves , she transitioned to writing full-time. She recalls that during her childhood, reading was her only escape. The characters in her book and the stories told to her by her teachers and friends inspired her to write her own novels.
Adeline Yen Mah is a Founder and President of the Falling Leaves Foundation, whose mission is "to understand the understanding between East and West" and provides funds for the study of Chinese history, language, and culture. There is also an award dedicated to teaching Australia over the Internet for free, and the foundation has established a poetry prize at UCLA . In 2013, she created an i Pad game, Pin Yin Pal, for learning Mandarin. In 2021, the Falling Leaves Foundation donated $30 million toward the construction of a medical research facility at the University of California, Irvine .
