1. If I get it, I’m lucky; if I don’t get it, it’s my fate. ——Xu Zhimo
2. Life is a fire. The only thing each of us can do is to salvage a few more things from this fire. ——Bill Gates
3. The most precious thing in the world is not "cannot get" or "lost", but the happiness that can be grasped now. ——Zhu'er, who has been cultivating for three thousand years
4. Looking up to the sky and spitting, the saliva does not reach the sky, but falls on one's face; the wind blows dust, but the dust does not reach there, and returns to one's body. ——"The Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters"
5. When you clench your hands, there is nothing inside; when you open your hands, the world is in your hands. ——"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
6. It is rare to be confused. ——Zheng Banqiao
7. Suffering is a blessing. ——Zheng Banqiao
8. Everything is temporary and everything will disappear. Everything that passes away will become beautiful memories. ——Pushkin
9. A husband does not fight, so no one in the world can fight with him. ——Laozi
10. A thousand miles of family letters is just a wall, so why not give it another three feet? The Great Wall is still there today, but Qin Shihuang is nowhere to be seen. ——Zhang Ying, Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty 11. Angels are too perfect. If they are too perfect, there is no possibility of progress. Imperfection is the price of being a human being, and it is also the essence of being a human being. ——God
12. When neighbors invade me, I have to think about it. Try the base view of Hanguang Hall, the autumn wind is fading and the grass is leaving. ——Yang Bin, Minister of the Song Dynasty 13. In this world, only a truly happy man can bring real happiness to a woman. ——Francis Holler, the tutor of the Saudi princess
14. The measure you use to give to others will be the measure others will use to measure you. ——"Bible"
If there are no three hundred and three, how can there be six hundred and six? ", "If you can't let go of your children, you can't trap the wolf. ", "Put a long line to catch a big fish"
Buddhists say that if you give up, you will gain; if you don't give up, there will be no gain. If you let go, you will feel at ease.
Lev To In his novel "How Much Land Does a Man Need", Erstair tells a story: Pahom, who was greedy for land, eventually vomited blood and died from his greed of measuring the land with his feet. His servant discovered, "Pahom." The final piece of land needed was only six feet from head to toe. "
The lotus becomes holy because it abandons the grace of peony, the rainbow becomes colorful because it abandons the eternity of rock, and the mountain becomes majestic because it abandons the agility of water.
Mencius: "Fish is what I love. Desire; Bear’s paw is also what I want. You can't have both, it's like giving up the fish for the bear's paw. ”
There are two lakes with the same water source in Palestine. Lake Galilea is clear and clean, surrounded by vitality, while the Dead Sea is lifeless, and the lakeside is barren and desolate. The difference between them is The point is that the former both accepts and gives, while the latter only retains and does not know how to let the water flow to get a clear pool. This is the principle that flowing water does not rot.
Wang Zhaojun gave up fine clothes and fine food, and gained temporary peace and praise from future generations; Li Bai gave up wealth and honor, but retained the pride of "being able to crush my eyebrows and bend my waist to serve the powerful, which makes me unhappy"... There is a hidden meaning between giving up and gaining. Given different opportunities, truly wise people can "give up", but sometimes they will "lose" if they don't "give up". Even if there is gain, it is not worth the loss.
In Buddhism, giving up is gain. , gaining means giving up; in Taoism, giving up means doing nothing, gaining means doing something; Confucianism says that giving up evil is to gain benevolence, and giving up desire is to gain holiness; but in the eyes of today's people, giving up is giving, investing, and gaining. Harvest is reward. Giving up is a kind of great wisdom: whoever gives up is the wise decision made by the wise after understanding the general trend.