No matter your age, spend your birthdays with your mother. Since a birthday is also the anniversary of your birth through her, if you cannot do this, it implies she no longer holds a place in your heart.
If thoughts are seeds, they will grow in some soils and perish in others. Therefore, those who sow thoughts must first understand the soil.
Often, after discovering something unintentionally, we pretend to be indifferent and hide our pain behind a smile, even though it hurts deeply.
Self-recommendation offers many benefits; it allows others to see you and recognize your abilities.
For most, art is merely an ornament. While it is good for embellishment, the priority remains fulfilling one's basic needs.
Do not forget what you once possessed. Cherish what you cannot obtain. Do not give up on what belongs to you. Let what is lost remain as a memory.
"背而誉之" and "少而施之": "面而誉之,不如背而誉之,其人之感必深。多而施之,不若少而施之,其人之欲易逆。"
Do not hide your illness from the doctor; concealing it only harms yourself.
Few things are truly impossible to achieve; often, it is not a lack of conditions, but a lack of determination.
Truth may sometimes dim, but it will never be extinguished.
Treat sincere people with sincerity, and treat hypocritical people with polite distance.
Fate is in our own hands. Only we can truly change our destiny; there is no need to live according to the will imposed upon us by the outside world.