Even if you do no work that is particularly lofty or far-reaching, if you can shed mundane feelings, that is a great… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Those who are broad-minded and considerate are like the spring breeze, warm and nurturing, at show touch all being grow. Those who… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Unexpected hardship refines people; if you can accept it, both mind and body will benefit. If you cannot accept it, on the… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
In adversity, everything that surrounds you is a kind of medicine that helps you refine your conduct, yet you are unaware of… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
There is no greater fortune than having few concerns, no greater misfortune than having many worries. Only those who have suffered over… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When you meet dishonest people, move them with sincerity. When you meet violent people, affect them with gentility. When you meet warped… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When thoughts arise, as soon as you sense them heading on the road of desire, bring them right back onto the road… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Do not think about whatever service you may have done for others; think about what you may have done to offend them.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
In dealing with good people one should be magnanimous; in dealing with bad people one should be strict. In dealing with average… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
At dusk the sunset is beautifully bright; at year's end the tangerines are even more fragrant. Therefore, at the end of their… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you are not lax when at leisure, you will be effective when busy. If you are not absentminded in tranquility, that… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The road of truth is broad; set the mind on it, and you feel expansive openness and broad clarity. The road of… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When water isn't rippled, it is naturally still. When a mirror isn't clouded, it is clear of itself. So the mind is… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Even if you can't get rid of the heat, as long as you can get rid of bother with the heat, your… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If a poor house is well kept, or a poor girl well groomed, there is elegance if not beauty. If good people… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Those who live simply are often pure, while those who live luxuriously may be slavish and servile. It seems that the will… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Blessings often give rise to injury, so be careful when things are going your way. Success may be achieved after failure, so… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
You should be forgiving when others make mistakes, but not when the mistakes are in you. You should be patient under duress… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Think about food on a full stomach and you find you don't care about taste. Think of lust after making love, and… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
For those who reflect on themselves, everything they encounter is medicine. For those who attack others, every thought is a weapon. One… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
There is much meaning in the word endure. For example, when dealing with unstable human feelings and uneven pathways in life, without… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Even a wild horse can be tamed; even metal that is difficult to work eventually goes into a mold. If you take… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When you are but slightly involved in the world, the effect the world has on you is also slight. When you are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When those who give charity do so without any sense of self-satisfaction and without any thought of reward, even a small gift… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you know that whatever is made inevitable breaks down, you needn't seek too hard for achievement. If you know that all… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you fear that people will know if you do something bad, then there is something good in bad. If you are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Those in public office who do not love the people are thieves stealing salaries. Those who teach but do not themselves practice… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Those who turn things around by themselves do not rejoice at gain or grieve over loss; the whole world is the range… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Flowers should be viewed when half open, wine should be drunk only to subtle intoxication; there is great fun in this. If… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
People know that fame and position are pleasant, but they do not know that the pleasure of anonymity is most real. People… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The eyes and ears, seeing and hearing, are external plunderers; emotions, desires, and opinions are internal plunderers. But if the inner mind… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
A grub in filth is dirty, but it changes into a cicada and sips dew in the autumn breeze. Rotting plants have… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
In the mind engaged in struggling with hardship, one always finds something delightful. The sorrow of disappointment arises in the complacency of… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The sickness of indulging desires can be treated, but the sickness of clinging to abstract principles is hard to treat. Obstacles presented… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Conceit and arrogance are acquired states of mind. Conquer acquired states of mind, and basic sanity can unfold. Passion and willfulness are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When you are constantly hearing offensive words and always have some irritating matter in mind, only then do you have a whetstone… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
You should not be too much of a purist in your way of life, for you need to be able to accept… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Business and scholarship pass away with the person, but the soul is forever like new. Fame and fortune change with the generations,… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
A thousand pieces of gold may hardly bring a moment's happiness, but a small favor can cause a lifetime's gratitude. Too much… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Late at night, when everyone is quiet, sit alone and gaze into the mind; then you notice illusion ending and reality appearing.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
In the mind engaged in struggling with hardship, one always finds something delightful. The sorrow of disappointment arises in the complacency of satisfaction. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
People are considered pure of heart when they do not approach power and pomp; but those who can be near without being affected are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
Blessings often give rise to injury, so be careful when things are going your way. Success may be achieved after failure, so don't just… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
Public behavior is nurtured in private; earthshaking measures come form careful steps. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
Even if you do no work that is particularly lofty or far-reaching, if you can shed mundane feelings, that is a great achievement. Even… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
When one is not slipshod in small matters, not hypocritical in secret, and not reckless in disappointment, only then is one a true hero. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
If those who give are conscious of their own generosity and those who receive feel indebted, they are no longer family but rather strangers… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
In whatever you do, if you leave a sense of incompleteness, then Creation cannot resent you, ghosts and spirits cannot harm you. If you… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
The road of truth is broad; set the mind on it, and you feel expansive openness and broad clarity. The road of human desires… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
When you are constantly hearing offensive words and always have some irritating matter in mind, only then do you have a whetstone for character… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
Do not think about whatever service you may have done for others; think about what you may have done to offend them. Don't forget… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
Those who trust others will find that not everyone is necessarily sincere, but they will be sincere themselves. Those who suspect others will find… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
When water isn't rippled, it is naturally still. When a mirror isn't clouded, it is clear of itself. So the mind is not to… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
You should be forgiving when others make mistakes, but not when the mistakes are in you. You should be patient under duress yourself, but… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share
