24. Life is like a boat navigating through waves; like a boatman, every stroke of the oar must be purposeful and firm, leaving no stroke to waste.
25. The most precious wealth in this world is not how much you possess, but how you experience life and how you write your own history. Along the corridor of time, we encounter many people and many things, facing countless choices and renunciations, carrying our joys and sorrows, and nurturing our reflections. Everything gained must eventually be lost; only the richness within our thoughts can make our lives truly full.
26. Without life, there can be no death. Since we are granted life, how can we not die?
29. Fake tears hurt others, and fake smiles hurt oneself.
30. Can a person truly ignore rumors and gossip, watching the ebb and flow of tides while smiling at success and failure? Perhaps we show smiles in public, but who can truly understand the tears we shed in private? After success or failure, we often look back; even when a teapot is shattered, one still pauses to glance back. This is because we are mortals—we have emotions and souls, we experience gain and loss, and we possess both fragility and strength. We lament the helplessness of life and strive to enrich it; perhaps this very struggle is the meaning and value of existence.
