Life is like a 1,000 page book. You want to quit halfway through, but then you realise you have a lot left to look forward to.
Only when service for a common good is the primary purpose are you truly leading.
By degrees, little by little, from time to time, a wise person should remove his own impurities as a smith removes the dross from silver.
Develop a mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect poise of mind: follow calmness, the absence of pride.
Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
