Once greed and selfishness dominate a man’s mind, his previously steel-like nature will become soft and weak; his intelligence will become blocked and dulled; his benevolent nature will become vicious; his pure spirit will become muddied; and the virtue he has accumulated over a lifetime will become dissipated.
An unruly horse can still be ridden after taming. Melted metals from the smelting furnace are returned to the mould.
Many life forms spring up in dirty places. Fish are rarely found in pristine water.
Man must keep his mind wide open, so that righteousness can take up its dwelling there.
Repeatedly tempering oneself through the interchange of weal and woe enables one to attain long-term blessings.
The path of heavenly principles is wide. Once you set your foot on this path, it takes only a bit of hard thinking for you to become fully enlightened.
When the essence which pervades nature is warm it promotes the growth of the myriad things. When it is cold it tends to destroy the vitality of the myriad things.
Man cannot seize happiness; it is only by preserving a happy frame of mind that the essence of happiness can be summoned.