该句使用否定祈使结构表达对欲望的克制。
Befriend virtuous people and avoid unrighteous friends; drink tea of tranquility and avoid wines of temptation; open doors of kindness and close the mouth of controversy. Too many doors invite the wind, and too many words bring disaster. Life flows like water; do not cling to fame and wealth. Live simply and follow the natural course, and Do not strive excessively for prosperity and glory. "Desire" is the mark of poverty. When one is content, the mind is at peace; when one seeks nothing, one achieves nobility. The greatest vice is speaking ill of others, and the greatest folly is being unable to accept one's own faults. Even if you have done good for others, do not expect praise or reward; even if fate is harsh, do not extinguish the lamp of hope; even if insulted, do not harbor resentment; even if you achieve success, do not become self-satisfied; even if you suffer injustice, do not let it dampen your spirit.
Only after walking the path do we realize its ups and downs. We are often too busy, too busy to feel life and enjoy happiness. We struggle and chase throughout our lives, but even if we please the whole world, it is ultimately our own soul that feels wronged. If we are never satisfied and cannot let go, we make a beautiful life bitter. Be more open-minded and let things go; after all, few things in life are more important than happiness.
Believe firmly in karma: good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil; if there is no immediate retribution, it is merely because the time has not yet come. Therefore, even if I encounter people who hate, envy, slander, or even harm me, I am unwilling to retaliate. I believe that "one reaps what one sows" and that natural causality exists, so why should I harm others? I only feel pity for their heavy karma and shallow roots of goodness; I only feel ashamed of my own lack of virtue that I cannot help them.
交有道之人，远避无义之友；饮清静之茶，远离花色之酒；开方便之门，闭是非之口。多门之室生风，多言之人生祸。世事忙忙如水流，休将名利挂心头；粗茶淡饭随缘过，富贵荣华莫强求。“我欲”是贫穷的标志。事能常足心常惬，人到无求品自高。人生至恶是善谈人过，人生至愚恶闻己过。即使有恩于人，也不要期望他人的赞誉与回报；即使命运多舛，也不要熄灭希望之灯；即使遭人顶撞，也不要小肚鸡肠、耿耿于怀；即使略有成就，也不要就此满足、自我陶醉；即使蒙受不白之冤，也不要因此而精神沮丧。
走过的路，才知道长短。我们总是太忙，忙到没有时间去感受生活、享受快乐。奋斗、拼搏、忙碌一辈子，即便取悦了整个世界，最终委屈的往往还是自己的心灵。若不知足、放不下，只会让美好的人生变得苦不堪言。豁达一点，看淡一些，人生中没有多少事情比快乐更重要。
深信一切皆有因果，善有善报，恶有恶报，若未报，乃是时机未到。因此，即便偶尔遇到恶人憎我、妒我、谤我，甚至害我，我也不愿以牙还牙。我深知“自作孽，不可逭”，既然有自然因果存在，何须亲自动手伤害他人？我只觉得他业障深重，善根浅薄，惭愧自己无德，无法救赎他。
"Excessive desire is often the source of suffering; contentment is one's greatest wealth."
"If a person's desires are too many or too great, they will inevitably age quickly."
"The more desires one has, the more constraints arise"
"Life itself is not bitter, but excessive desire is."
"The things you've acquired in the past didn't satisfy you"