Do not resent your failures, nor boast of your successes.
Be content, and your heart will find peace; embrace simplicity, and joy will have no bounds. Cultivate a wide circle of friends, with virtue as the foundation; be harmonious with neighbors and help others in need. Cast your worries into the clouds, and practice patience rather than quarreling. Abandon greed, and your character will become generous; maintain family harmony, and all things will fall into place!
Because the earth is round, those who walk in opposite directions will eventually find their way back to each other.
Master Bodhidharma said: "When there are no delusions, the mind is the Pure Land; when there are delusions, the mind is the hell. Ordinary beings create delusions and generate mind from mind, thus remaining in hell. Bodhisattvas observe delusions without generating mind from mind, thus remaining in the Pure Land."
Close friends are like ancient pottery found in the desert; once one piece shatters, there is one less, and no identical replacement can ever be found.
Amidst relief and envy, one unknowingly descends into a nightmare. Is this the voice of the subconscious? While others leave or rejoice, one remains in a state of fear, dreading the return of the nightmare. This is not due to a lack of professional dedication. In reality, to excel at one's work, one must first love it. If one dislikes or even despises the job, there will be no effort to do it well. Why force what cannot be endured?
Be as tolerant as the ocean; even when full, it still accepts the hundreds of rivers.