There are three regrets in life: encountering a good teacher but refusing to learn, meeting a good friend but failing to form a bond, and facing a good opportunity but failing to seize it.
Do not over-explain, nor fall into sorrow. The joy of life lies in walking your own path and viewing your own scenery. Do not feel discouraged when others surpass you, and do not become arrogant when you surpass others.
Wisdom dissolves troubles, and compassion eliminates enemies. If one harbors great compassion and is willing to take a step back to find a wider sky, disputes will naturally disappear. If one can put oneself in others' shoes, understand them, and believe that all things have their reasons for existing, troubles will have nowhere to take root. Those who do evil are like ghosts; those who do good are human; those who attain enlightenment are like Buddhas.
If you are doing good deeds, you do not need to pray for heavenly blessings; if you are not doing good deeds, no amount of praying will be of any use.
Keep your mind still, ignoring what others say or do, much like sitting peacefully in a thicket of poisonous thorns: although you cannot make the thorns disappear, at least you will not be pricked by them.
Creating a happy life is actually simple; it requires only two ingredients: a simple lifestyle and a heart of gratitude and contentment.
Those who mistake stubbornness for courage will find their path in life becoming narrower and narrower. Minor forbearance reflects cultivation, while extreme forbearance often hides ulterior motives.
There is a great disproportion between the fragility of the human body and the intensity of its desires.