If those who give are conscious of their own generosity and those who receive feel indebted, they are no longer family but… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Our body is a small universe; to regulate emotions and feelings is a way of harmonization. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Attention is the mind's feet; if you do not control your attention strictly, it runs into misleading pathways. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Don't be too severe in criticizing people's faults; consider how much they can bear. Don't be too lofty in enjoining virtue, so… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
...people of old deemed freedom from greed precious, and this is how they got beyond the world. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Public behavior is nurtured in private; earthshaking measures come form careful steps. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If the mind is illumined, there is clear blue sky in a dark room. If the thoughts are muddled, there are malevolent… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
A moment of kindness can produce a mood of harmony between heaven and earth. Purity of heart can leave a fine example… — 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
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
When enlightened people are so poor that they cannot help others, if they speak a word to awaken the confused or to… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
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
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
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
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
Delicious foods are drugs that will inflame the gut and rot the bones, but there is no harm if one eats moderately.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The substance of mind is the substance of heaven. A joyful thought is an auspicious star or a felicitous cloud. An angry… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Those who like tranquility and dislike clamor tend to avoid people to seek quietude. They do not know that when one wishes… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Diligence means to be keen in matters of virtue and justice, but worldly people use diligence to solve their economic difficulties. Frugality… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The realms of good fortune and calamity in human life are all made of thoughts and imaginings. Therefore Buddhists say that the… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Sexual desire may burn like fire, but when you give a thought to when you are ill, then your excitement dies down.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When greedy people are given gold, they are bitter that they haven't gotten jewels; when they are made barons they are resentful… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When the rich and well-established, who should be generous, are instead spiteful and cruel, they make their behavior wretched and base in… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The powerful and prominent soar like dragons, the heroic and valiant fight like tigers: but if you look upon them with cool… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you do not join the polluted, then you are pure; if you reject society in search of purity, that is not… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When one is not slipshod in small matters, not hypocritical in secret, and not reckless in disappointment, only then is one a… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Valuing unusual conduct is not as good as being careful about ordinary actions. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Observe people with cool eyes, listen to their words with cool ears. Confront feelings with cool emotions, reflect on principles with a… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When you meet silent and inscrutable people, don't tell them what you are thinking. When you meet irritable and self-serving people, be… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
One of our predecessors said, "Throwing away the inexhaustible treasury of your own home, you go with your bowl from door to… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Those who have come to an impasse should examine their original intentions; those who have succeeded should note where they are heading. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
To notice people's deceptions yet not reveal it in words, to bear people's insults without showing any change of attitude-there is endless… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
After one has been in a lowly position, one knows how dangerous it is to climb to a high place, Once one… — 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
