Most lives are ordinary, and most existences are plain. Within this plainness lies true emotion, and within the ordinary, profound meaning. To experience it, you must be attentive. Shift your focus slightly away from material things, and give some time and space to your mind and spirit, creating a home for them.
Do everything within your ability to let those who suffer more than you feel the sunlight and beauty of the world. Such kindness should be sown regularly, and unconsciously, it will bloom into the most beautiful flowers of human nature. Sowing kindness is also cultivating your own heart. Books are nourishment for the world.
Those who celebrate us in good times are worth remembering, but we should never forget those who wept alongside us in adversity. Juvenal said: "Conscience is like an invisible whip that lashes us anytime and anywhere, acting as our executioner."
Every successful person has a beginning. Only by daring to start can one find the path to success.
The wise look inward for solutions, while the foolish look outward.
It is better to cultivate a heart more sensitive than Zhang Heng’s seismograph than to lie with precision like drawing with a compass. Life does not require overly complicated thoughts; be modest, see clearly, and take things in stride. When you make mistakes, do not regret or complain; no one is perfect. If you fall, get up and try again. Without storms, there is no rainbow, and every experience is a valuable asset.
What is failure? Nothing—it is simply one step closer to success. What is success? It is having walked every path that leads to failure, leaving only the path that leads to success.
Success is a relative term, bringing along many unrelated obligations.
Back then, I was merely a solitary salesperson.
The fast pace of life and work pressures can easily unbalance the mind. If you are overly anxious or unable to face endless temptations with calm, you will feel exhausted or restless.
