The Gift of Giving

The usefulness of a gift is dependent on the need of the recipient.

Sri Dharmaraja II of Cambodia (reign 1627-1631)

Quote of the Day

The red krama goes with a black shirt adorned with a whole troop of buttons.

Victims of the Khmer Rouge 

Tears of the Revolution

“Red blood” are the tears of the baby in his/her mother’s womb and when he/she is three months old — this means his/her mother has worked for the revolution. – Victims of the Khmer Rouge

Mother and Father

Venerate the Gods in your home before the one in the vatt (Buddhist monastery). 

Khmer Proverb

Quick Assumption

Do not assume the rich don’t work hard; do not assume the downtrodden don’t
try to raise themselves up.

Khmer Proverb

Go Big

You can’t claim heaven as your own if you are just going to sit under it.

Khmer Proverb

 

Let's Raise Another Cup

If you are a warrior, why refuse the battle? If you are a drinker, don’t push away the cup.

Khmer Proverb

That’s Cynicism

When the flood rises, the sovereign garners merits.

Khmer Proverb

A Universal Truth

Nothing is as difficult as doing a task set by one’s own wife.

Khmer Proverb

A Nihilist

Don’t die like a snake; don’t live like a frog.

  Khmer Proverb

Do Bring Something

When visiting someone, do not show up empty-handed.

My Grandmother

Cambodia 1904?-May 1975

Declutter Your Heart

One can live in a cluttered house; one cannot live with a cluttered

heart.

Khmer Proverb

Keep Your Cool

When you are full of anger, you lose wisdom.

King Sri Dharmaraja II of Cambodia (1628-1630)

Distance Only Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

In love, do not visit too often; in yearning, do visit once in awhile.

Khmer Proverb

Keep On Complaining

Do not regret your fate; do not argue your destiny.

Khmer Proverb

Find Your Soulmate

There are men in the land; there are women all over the kingdom.

 Khmer Proverb

A Balance?

Gave charity, felled a tree, killed an animal, followed the law.

Khmer Proverb

Keep Working

One’s goal is achieved by hard work and not by building castles in the air.

Narayana Pandita (1340-1400)

Keep Working

Dreams will get you nowhere; a good kick in the pants will get you a long way.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647) By Baltasar Gracián

Keep Working

Active hands, full bellies.

Khmer Adage