使用动名词短语作主语，通过but连接两个对比强烈的分句，逻辑深刻。
We often imagine that if we had never met that person back then, our lives today might be more carefree.
Since we cannot change the world, we can only change ourselves; by transforming ourselves, we can influence the world.
As summer fades into autumn, the cicadas fall silent.
Let us be messengers of peace, sending you safe wishes; let us be Santa Claus, delivering joy to you.
A person who has reached the state of "selflessness" has transcended the levels of anger, ignorance, jealousy, and delusion.
Suffering unreasonable persecution from others is indeed unfortunate; however, if you respond with hatred, you only deepen your misfortune.
Meeting someone you like is pleasant, but escaping a relationship that suppresses you is even more relieving.
Modern people have acquired a certain taste for money, but money itself has not become more humanistic.
我们常会幻想，如果当年未曾遇见那个人，如今的生活是否会更潇洒自在。
既然无法改变世界，我们便只能从改变自己做起，通过自身的蜕变去影响周遭。
夏去秋至，蝉鸣渐歇。
愿做一回平安使者，向您报一声平安；愿做一回圣诞老人，向您派发快乐。
一个达到“无我”境界的人，已经超越了嗔恨、愚痴、妒忌及执妄的层面。
遭受他人无理的迫害固然是不幸，但若以仇恨心回应，则只会加深这份不幸。
遇见喜欢的人固然愉快，但摆脱让人压抑的关系更令人欣慰。
如今的人身上有了几分金钱的味道，但金钱本身却并未变得富有人性。