In today’s world, if everyone could uphold such standards, conflicts and resentment would naturally decrease.
To keep thoughts within is emotion, to express them is speech. Words are the key to honor and disgrace, and the foundation of closeness and distance. They can separate what is firm, unite what is divided, and even create hatred and conflict. In extreme cases, they may ruin nations and families; in minor cases, they may break relationships among close kin.
What you possess often influences and even shapes your inner world.
Tears flow from being moved, and the left bank of life is destined to be gentle and compassionate. Remember that seeing through things is not the same as becoming world-weary, but rather learning to make better choices. Remind yourself often that the best is yet to come and that you are still young. Youth is sometimes used as an excuse to neglect time, love, and everything hard-won, as if all recklessness can be justified at this stage of life.
A noble goal leads people toward excellence, while a life without goals is destined for mediocrity. For those without direction, the passing of time only brings aging, not inner growth. Pursuing great goals itself is a process of transformation, through which one is tempered, improved, and gradually becomes outstanding.
The true meaning of a “secure job” is not staying in one place for life, but having the ability to sustain yourself wherever you go.
Life is essentially a process filled with regrets. It is precisely these countless regrets that make our lives more real, meaningful, and colorful.