Wang Yangming’s inspirational quotes

1. Evil thoughts are habits; good thoughts are nature.

2. Looking at the twin peaks from the cliff, where is the vastness? I pray to the northwest wind to sweep away the mist for me. ——Wang Yangming

3. Scholars who are aspiring to be saints, and seek the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, abandon the brightness of the sun and the moon, and hope for the faint light of a firefly. Isn’t it absurd?

4. All battles in the world, after stripping off various outer coverings, are inner battles.

5. It’s not just the disciples who teach. But it’s expensive and sophisticated. ——Wang Yangming

6. If the things in the world are easy to obtain, then they will be easy to lose; if they are not accumulated for a long time, then they will not be ambitious. ——Wang Yangming

7. The equivalence of rights and obligations, the compromise between freedom and the freedom not to harm others. Through such a long but necessary process, standards of good and evil and political civilization can be rebuilt, and civil society is no longer a mirror image.

8. In the land of China, wherever there are people, there will be struggles. Showing one's talents and showing off one's talents has always aroused people's hatred.

9. Modesty will benefit, but fullness will bring harm. If the weapon is empty, it will be accepted, but if it is real, it will not be received. This is the eternity of things.

10. "The empty spirit is not ignorant, and all things come out of everything. There is no reason outside the heart, and there is nothing outside the heart." - Wang Yangming

11. It is easy to break through the thief in the mountain, and break the mountain. It's difficult in my heart.

12. History is called history in terms of things, and scriptures are called scriptures in terms of Tao; things are Tao, and Tao is things; the Spring and Autumn Period are also classics, and the Five Classics are also history - Wang Yangming

13. Zhou Dunyi said that Tai Chi is the 2.0 version of Wuji, just like a 2D modeling computer game that is transforming into 3D. It is a transitional product in the development series. Some experience functions are previewed to attract your attention. Immediately afterwards, the heaven and earth were created (Tai Chi moves to produce Yang, the movement produces stillness, the stillness produces Yin, and the stillness moves again. Every movement and stillness produce Yin and Yang, all things).

14. First said: "This is just for rest, without self-denial. In this way, you will fall over when things happen. People need to grind on things before they can stand firm and be still and calm. , moving and still." - Wang Yangming

15. Looking up at the sky and the earth, you can see the vastness. There is more joy in the basket and ladle, this is a good idea but a bad one. You can forget about my old age in the secluded Yangminglu. ——Wang Yangming

16. “Knowing Heaven with all your heart and soul is the way to live knowingly and safely.” ——Wang Yangming

17. Humility is the foundation of all good deeds, and arrogance is the chief of all evils.