Being looked down upon by others can serve as motivation, but looking down on oneself can lead to self-destruction.
Petty cleverness sometimes leads to foolishness; only great wisdom allows for profound breakthroughs and transformations.
In the vast world, labor comes first.
In the long river of life, are we not all playing the role of a prophet? At first, we strive to create our own prophecies, then we proclaim them to the world, and later we constantly patch them up, seeking ways to defend ourselves—the strong defend through action and fulfill their prophecies with achievement, while the weak defend through words and self-destruct their prophecies through forgetting. These prophecies and defenses intertwine, shaping or eroding our lives.
Treatment, whether internal or external, is always relative and endless, and the dynamic treatment of opponents is uncontrollable; career is not bound to a single place, as personal careers are dynamic; a company's business belongs to the employer and is not necessarily the employee's; emotions cannot serve as sustenance; passivity prevents one from autonomously grasping others.
Unfulfilled desire brings pain, while fulfilled desire brings boredom; life oscillates between pain and boredom.
Spread your palms toward the sky: the sunlight in your palms is my smile when I think of you; the raindrops in your palms are my tears that fall when I miss you.
The most beautiful thing in life is friendship with others.
In this life, one should strive to perfume others while beautifying oneself.