Ancient Chinese Philosophers' Life Lessons Men Learn Too Late In Life

three things never come back time word and opportunity therefore do not waste time choose words and do not miss the opportunity if they spit at you behind your back it means you're ahead of them we have two lives and the second begins when we realize we only have one the disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others before you embark on a journey of Revenge dig two graves there are one thousand lessons in defeat but only one in Victory if you are depressed you are living

in the past if you are anxious you are living in the future if you are at peace you are living in the present the Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step we take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy and endeavoring to think so ourselves a healthy man wants a thousand things a sick man only once won work on clearing your thoughts if you do not have bad thoughts there will be no bad Deeds the man who says he can and the man who says he cannot are both correct learn

as if you constantly feel you lack your knowledge and as if you are constantly afraid of losing your knowledge don't criticize your neighbor's roof for a lot of snow when your door is not clean if you hate then you have been defeated it is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them appear weak when you are strong strong when you are weak he who flatters a man is his enemy he who tells him of his faults is his maker to see what his right to not do it is the worst cowardice

what the caterpillar calls the end the rest of the world calls a butterfly the person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere he who is satisfied with his lot is rich the noble person uses things the lesser man is used by things a leader leads by example not by force even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust man's nature is evil goodness is the result of conscious activity in the midst of Chaos there is also opportunity to lead people follow them when anger Rises think of the consequences to know

your enemy you must become your enemy if you are the smartest person in the room then you are in the wrong room opportunities multiply as they are seized get rid of the desire to have the funniest people are the saddest ones when I let go of what I am I become what I might be the man who moves a mountain Begins by carrying away small stones who wishes to fight must first count the cost and weak wins over hard and strong be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness be extremely mysterious even to the

point of soundlessness thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate true words are not pleasant pleasant words are not true what the Ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins but excels in winning with ease live for the praise of others and you will become their prisoner people in ancient times did not like to talk much they considered it the shame for themselves not to keep up with their own words you have to believe in yourself [Music] there is nothing softer and more flexible than water but try to resist it

was all the answers has not been asked all the questions if the mind is willing the flesh could go on and on without many things watch your thoughts they become your words watch your words they become your actions watch your actions they become your habits watch your habits they become your character watch your character it becomes your destiny great results can be achieved with small forces the wise man avoids all extremes great is the man who has not lost his childlike heart we accept advice and drops but we distribute it in buckets Ponder and deliberate

before you make a move when people know a lot it is difficult to manage them if what one has to say is not better than silence then one should keep silent ultimate Excellence lies not in winning every battle but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished what you do not want done to yourself do not do to others wheels of Justice grind slow but grind fine man dies from birth study the past if you would Define the future it is easy to love your friend but sometimes the

hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy knowledge is the treasure and practice is the key to it you can overcome bad habits only today not tomorrow who knows doesn't say who speaks doesn't know you can't trust a man who has nothing to lose choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life plan for what is difficult while it is easy do what is great while it is small whoever talks a lot often fails life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated if he

sends reinforcements everywhere it will be weak everywhere life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes don't resist them that only creates sorrow let reality be reality let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like think of tomorrow the past can't be mended an enemy is a friend who knows too much about you victory over others gives strength victory over oneself gives fearlessness give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day teach him to grow his own rice and you will save his life disorder came from order

fear came from Courage weakness came from strength do not seek otherwise you will lose do not seek and you will find it does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop the skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid Workman beware of sugar that is mixed with poison Beware of the fly that sat on a dead snake a man dies easily because he has too much will to live who does not know the evils of War cannot appreciate its benefits time is a created thing to

say I don't have time is like saying I don't want to a noble person blames himself and an insignificant person blames others therefore just as water retains no constant shape so in Warfare there are no constant conditions fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill keep sharpening your knife and it will be blunt friends are the siblings God never gave us it is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness every animal with blood in its veins and horns on its head will fight when it is attacked the one who

knows and pretends not to know is on top who without knowledge pretends to be knowledgeable he is sick tell me and I will forget show me and I may remember involve me and I will understand care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner getting something done is like digging a well you can dig a well 70 feet deep but if you don't hit water it's just an abandoned well even a loss can turn into a profit or profit can turn into a loss the feeling of right or wrong is the

beginning of wisdom there is no crime greater than having too many desires there is no disaster greater than not being content there is no Misfortune greater than being covetous attack the evil that is within yourself rather than attacking the evil that is in others be attentive to your thoughts they are the beginning of actions to complain about an unpleasant thing is to double the evil to laugh at it is to destroy it you can always rise above those who offend you by forgiving them by three methods we may learn wisdom first by reflection which is

noblest second by imitation which is easiest and third by experience which is the bitterest the truth is not always beautiful nor are beautiful words the truth people are distressed by their inability to do it the problem however is simply that they don't do it you are controlled by the one who makes you angry be content with what you have rejoice in the way things are when you realize there is nothing lacking the whole world belongs to you roads were made for Journeys not destinations Never Say Never because the days go by so fast and nothing

stays the same your life is what your thoughts make it we gain by losing lose by gaining no matter how busy you may think you are you must find time for reading or Surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance when I free myself from who I am I become who I can be Happiness is when you are understood great Happiness is when you are loved real Happiness is when you love Temperance is the first step of virtue which is the beginning of moral perfection sometimes we see a lot but do not notice the main thing the snow

goose needs not bathed to make itself White neither need you do anything but be yourself the wise man is one who knows what he does not know respect yourself and others will respect you if you lack Faith then existence does not believe in you what is evil to one at one time becomes good at another time to somebody else I have just three things to teach simplicity patience compassion these three are your greatest treasures being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage the way is near but men seek

it to far it is in easy things but men seek for it in difficult things New Beginnings are disguised as painful endings forget injuries never forget kindness so the unwilling Soul sees what's hidden and the ever wanting Soul sees only what it wants there is Beauty in everything but not everyone can see it the way of Truth is like a great Road it is not difficult to know it the evil is only that men will not seek it a man must not be without shame for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed be

bent and you will stay straight be empty and you will remain complete be worn out and you will stay new the man who chases two rabbits catches neither health is the greatest possession contentment is the greatest treasure confidence is the greatest friend a trail through the mountains if used becomes a path in a short time but if unused becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time it is easy to hate and it is difficult to love this is how the whole scheme of things works all good things are difficult to achieve and bad things

are very easy to get the whole being knows without learning sees without looking and detains without doing Learning Without thought is labor lost thought without learning is perilous try your best to be to others as you would wish to be treated yourself and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence success is as dangerous as failure hope is as Hollow as fear people of higher morality do not consider themselves moral therefore they have the highest morality if you make a mistake and do not correct it this is called a mistake a sage

who wants to be above people puts himself below them wanting to be ahead of them he becomes behind the one who offends you takes away your negative energy and gives you his positive energy what is a good man but a bad man's teacher what is a bad man but a good man's job learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it if you are alone for a long time soon you will accept loneliness you will never know your potential if you are afraid to be alone you

cannot open a book without learning something along absence of sex turns a person into a neurotic by remaining true to yourself without seeking to compare and compete you will achieve Universal respect if someone wants to offend you greatly then it is even worse for him a man with outward courage dares to die a man with inner courage dares to live our greatest glory is not and never falling but in Rising every time we fall a great man clings to the essential and leaves the insignificant he does everything in truth but he will never rely on

laws worry not that no one knows you seek to be worth knowing if you aren't afraid of dying there is nothing you can't achieve the superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions whoever undertaking a business hurries too quickly to achieve a result will do nothing he who carefully finishes his work as he began will not fail the man who asks a question is a fool for a minute the man who does not ask is a Fool For Life the more you don't have sex the less you want it truth uttered

before its time is always dangerous when true virtue is lost good nature appears when good nature is lost Justice appears when Justice is lost decency appears the rules of decency are only the semblance of truth and the beginning of all disorder if there is no dull and determined effort there will be no brilliant achievement to recognize your insignificance is empowering friendship is one mind in two bodies he who knows the measure is satisfied with his position pride in excess bring to bring disaster for man sometimes you must yield in order to win and sometimes maintaining

a low Place leads you to win