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Journey to the West, Volume 4 QUOTES

Journey to the West, Volume 4 QUOTES

1 " When man has a virtuous thought,     Heaven will grant him support. "

― Wu Cheng'en , Journey to the West, Volume 4

2 " The adept does not show himself;     He who shows himself’s no adept. "

― Wu Cheng'en , Journey to the West, Volume 4

3 " The wide earth may harbor vicious affairs,     But high Heaven will a good man vindicate.     Footloose they’re safe on Tathāgata’s way,     Certain to reach Mount Spirit’s paradise gate. "

― Wu Cheng'en , Journey to the West, Volume 4

4 " The hundred flavors of rare dainties     Are no more once you’ve eaten your fill.     You may accumulate private savings     But not in your stomach private hoardings! "

― Wu Cheng'en , Journey to the West, Volume 4

5 " my master was kidnapped by your household’s demon chieftains. Return him early, and I’ll spare your lives! If you don’t, I’ll overturn your den and reduce you spirits to pus and blood! "

― Wu Cheng'en , Journey to the West, Volume 4

6 " Each of them also had a white lacquered tablet hanging on his belt; on one was the inscription Shifty-and-Freaky, and on the other, Freaky-and-Shifty. "

― Wu Cheng'en , Journey to the West, Volume 4

7 " How did he know so readily, you ask, that they were female fiends? Because he saw that each of them had a chignon on her head about fifteen inches tall and adorned with tiny bamboo strips. It was a most unfashionable style! Our "

― Wu Cheng'en , Journey to the West, Volume 4