该句使用对比与谚语结构表达人力与天命的关系。
Most people wish to change the world, but few think to change themselves.
If I reach out with empty hands and receive nothing, it is frustrating; but if I reach out with hands full of gifts and find no one to accept them, that is true despair.
What, ultimately, is true peace?
To forgive others is to release oneself. Forgiveness may seem like understanding others, but in reality, it is a release for oneself. Calculation leads to the loss of self and dignity; hatred leads to the loss of joy and the burden of sorrow; resentment leads to the loss of strength and invites fragility. Forgiveness allows others to feel joy through understanding and brings respect and praise to oneself, while releasing all negativity. Forgiveness makes life full of happiness and joy.
Those who are overly calculating and pedantic in their youth may suffer from dementia in their old age. Thinking too much wears down the mind. Stop calculating; man proposes, but God disposes. Life is simple: "Do good deeds and do not ask about the future." Be more inclusive, more tolerant, and accept setbacks, for that is a blessing.
Animals need to breathe, and so do you; animals need to eat, and so do you; animals feel joy and sadness, just as you sometimes feel joy and sometimes sadness. Some argue that because animals are different from humans, they can be killed without hesitation—I have never heard a more baseless lie.
大多数人想要改造这个世界，但却很少有人想到改造自己。
如果我向人伸出空手而得不到东西，这固然令人苦恼；但如果我伸出一只满握的手，却发现无人接受，那才是真正的绝望。
真正的平静究竟是什么？
宽容别人，其实是在释放自己。宽容表面上是对他人的谅解，实际上是对自我的解脱。计较会让人失去自我与尊严；仇恨会让人失去欢乐并背负烦恼；埋怨则会让人丧失坚强并变得脆弱。宽容能让对方因被理解而愉悦，也能让自己赢得尊重与赞扬，同时释放了一切不愉快，让人生充满快乐与幸福。
年轻时过于计较、精于算计的人，到老了往往容易患上老年痴呆症。因为思虑过度，耗损了心神。别再计较了，人算不如天算，人生其实很简单，“但行好事，莫问前程”，多包容、多有度量、多吃点亏，这其实是一种福气。
动物需要呼吸，你也需要呼吸；动物需要饮食，你也需要饮食；动物会高兴也会悲伤，你也会有时高兴，有时悲伤。有人认为动物与人类不同，所以就可以随意杀害，这在我看来是最荒谬的谎言。