The price of wisdom is contradiction; it is a joke played by life on our worldview.
Rather than resisting established facts, it is better to accept them—this is the wisdom of acceptance.
Mindset determines everything. To live happily, one must first find inner peace. True peace comes not from fulfilling every desire, for desire is boundless, but from being indifferent to trivialities. A mind that is calm and detached from gains and losses, and knows how to forgive, will naturally find tranquility. A peaceful and happy life is earned through a peaceful heart.
One should live like a cup of water: pure because of its colorless nature, making the world easy to navigate with a clear heart; tasteless because of its simplicity, making everything seem empty with a clear mind; and strong through detachment, making everything vanish when the heart is at peace.
Time brings seasons of warmth and cold; life brings love and hatred; existence brings bittersweet moments. Life's length is but the cycle of four seasons; life's breadth is limited; and life's unpredictability is nothing more than the joy and sorrow of reunions and partings.
A life without purpose leads to wandering, frustration, and unease. Only when an individual truly understands the life they wish to lead and the goals they pursue can their life feel truly fulfilled.
Money cannot buy time, but time can be used to generate wealth.
Those who want to take you home will find every direction convenient. Those who want to eat with you will enjoy any flavor, sweet or bitter. Those who want to see you are always available, and those who want to help will find every way to do so. To those who like you, you are always enough; to those who do not, nothing you do will suffice. If others do not hold you in high regard, why should you hold them in your heart?