Life is like brewing a pot of moonlight, intoxicating joy and maturing sorrow. Existence is like adversity on a branch, dried by the sun into strength. No matter how many hardships one has traversed, as long as there are days of understanding, life will be filled with flowers, butterflies, and sunlight.
Happiness is the most meaningful choice we make in our daily lives. Only by refusing to keep company with pain, frustration, and discouragement can happiness appear at the right moment. By choosing happiness, we create the opportunity to obtain what we have always desired.
Whenever a woman asks a man, 'What gift would you like for your birthday this year?', it is often the man's headache. He genuinely cannot think of what he is lacking, for what he lacks is something that cannot be bought by money.
Young man, may I wait for you? I wait for you to tie my hair, to knit my willow-like brows, to paint my lips red, and to give me your surname. Young man, may you wait for me? I wait for my black hair to reach my waist, for my brows to be like willow leaves, for my lips to resemble sand, and for me to drape myself in a deep red wedding dress for you.
Try to make yourself calm. If your heart cannot settle, try changing your environment first. Then close your eyes, take deep breaths, and slowly relax. It will get better with a few more attempts.
Noble ideals are the guiding lights of life. With them, life has direction; with them, the heart feels fulfilled. Let us take firm steps toward our established goals, dear students.
It is not that imperfection is beautiful, but because perfection never exists in this world. Ugliness and beauty, right and wrong, black and white, cold and hot, high and low, strong and weak, big and small, many and few, long and short, fast and slow, rich and poor, honor and shame—all are dialectically unified and mutually convertible. We gain while we lose. Gain is here and now, loss is there and then, hence often unnoticed. So-called sages and wise men are merely those who are skilled in measuring pros and cons, balancing gains and losses, and grasping the balance of acceptance and rejection.
