That we say destiny, is when we say what has gone through us and what hasn't, the latter being easily overlooked.

Self-abasement and confidence are both given by oneself rather than imposed by the outside. A confident man, however suppressed and left out, will always be confident, and a self-abased man however envied and complimented will after all feel inferior.

There are two kinds of perseverance: one is of the body, and the other is of the mind. The former is to compel yourself to work harder, and the latter is trying to struggle out of your character defects, and develop a favourable mental state.

How to become a man who deserves the affection of his beloved one? To be possessed with the height of heart and that of the spirit, the former admires love and the latter reveres life. In face of her a sublime artist he should be.

No matter how to live, we can never change the waves of life, which is brought by fate itself and the result of blunders or hard work.

To rise above the ordinary, one has to suffer the bitterest. He who endures the material hardship would not only have more stamina of the body, but also, while strong in the spirit, know to quit being self-centered and excessively vain, his heart modest and behavior genial.

To reach a considerable height one has to climb step by step, rather than have a meteoric rise. Therefore, as with a long-term practitioner, the most important is enduring patience, and setting foot on the present.

If you have real appetite for something, your excellence in it should not first be from others’ comments, but from pleasing yourself by prior evaluation of your works which, if only you favour, couldn’t be more excellent, as is the point you are sure to believe.