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
Polish what you polish until it is like gold that has been refined a hundred times; anything that is done in a… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
In matters of desire, don't get hastily involved because of easy availability; once you get involved, you will sink in deeply. In… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When people are determined, they can overcome fate; when the will is unified, it can mobilize energy. Enlightened people do not even… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
People are considered pure of heart when they do not approach power and pomp; but those who can be near without being… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When the liver is diseased, the eyesight fails; when the kidneys are diseased, the hearing is adversely affected. The disease is not… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
To conquer demons, first conquer your mind. When the mind is subdued, demons withdraw obediently. To control knaves, first control your own… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Virtue is the master of talent, talent is the servant of virtue. Talent without virtue is like a house where there is… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
In whatever you do, if you leave a sense of incompleteness, then Creation cannot resent you, ghosts and spirits cannot harm you.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
To get rid of villains and knaves, it is necessary to give them a way out. If you don't give them any… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
One should not seek happiness, just nurture the spirit of joy as the basis of summoning happiness. One should not try to… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Generosity should begin lightly and deepen later, fro when it is first rich and then lessens, people forget the kindness. Authority should… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The learned should be vigorous and diligent, but they should also be free-spirited. If they are too rigorous and austere, they have… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
A net set up to catch fish may snare a duck; a mantis hunting an insect may itself be set upon by… — 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
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
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
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
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
Those who act on excitement act intermittently; this is hardly the way to avoid regression. Those whose understanding comes from emotional perceptions… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Those who trust others will find that not everyone is necessarily sincere, but they will be sincere themselves. Those who suspect others… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
There is a true Buddha in family life; there is a real Tao in everyday activities. If people can be sincere and… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
People's shortcomings should be treated with tact; if you expose them crudely, this is attacking weakness with a weakness. When people are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Your own feelings may be reasonable or unreasonable; how can you expect others to always be reasonable? It is useful to see… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The workings of heaven are unfathomable-sometimes encouraging, sometimes suppressing. All this makes sport of heroes and tumbles the great. Enlightened people take… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
A clear sunny day can suddenly shift to thunder and lightning, a raging storm can suddenly give way to a bright moonlit… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Compromise to please others is not as good as integrity that annoys others. Rather than be praised without being good, it is… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Soil with a lot of manure in it produces abundant crops; water that is too clear has no fish. Therefore, enlightened people… — 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
