Essence 128 Ways to Change Yourself, Teaching You How to Become Better!

The original poster: Autumn Charm Tales Views: 1178 Replies: 8 Posted in: 2012-09-09 10:47:42
1. Speak without aggression, without lethality, do not boast of your ability, do not highlight others' faults, and you will naturally turn enemies into friends.
2. A person who constantly looks at others' faults is not good themselves, because they have no time to examine themselves.
3. Right and wrong exist every day; if you don't listen, naturally there's none. Right and wrong exist every day; if you don't listen, they still exist. Right and wrong exist every day—what will you do about it?
4. If you truly love someone, you must tolerate part of their shortcomings.
5. To overcome the fear of death, you must accept the concept that all people in the world will die.
6. Although you dislike someone, if you can still notice their strengths and benefits, a person with such refinement is indeed very rare in the world.
7. Face your inner conflicts and blemishes honestly; do not deceive yourself.
8. Karma has never owed us anything, so please do not complain.
9. We do have such merits, but we also need to hide some; this is called self-cultivation.
10. The reason people suffer lies in pursuing the wrong things.
11. When you are happy, think that this happiness is not eternal. When you are in pain, think that this pain is not eternal either.
12. Know yourself, subdue yourself, change yourself, and then you can change others.
13. Do not waste your life on things you will definitely regret.
14. Whenever you let go, that is when you are free from worries.
15. Every wound is a form of maturity.
16. When you know confusion, it is not pitiable; when you do not know confusion, that is the most pitiable.
17. Arrogant people can be saved, but the self-abasing cannot.
18. Do not always be dissatisfied with others; you should always examine yourself. Being dissatisfied with others only makes yourself suffer.
19. You must tolerate those whose opinions differ from yours; life will be easier that way. If you constantly try to change them, you will suffer. You must learn how to endure them. You must learn how to tolerate them.
20. Acknowledging your greatness is recognizing your own folly.
21. If a person cannot forgive others from the heart, he will never feel at ease.
22. People whose hearts are full of their own views and thoughts will never hear others' voices.
23. It takes only one word to destroy a person, but thousands to nurture one; please be careful with your words.\24. When you advise others, if you disregard their self-esteem, then no matter how good your words are, they will be useless.\25. Do not mix arrogance into your wisdom. Do not let your humility lack wisdom.\26. There is no need to look back to see who cursed you. If a mad dog bites you, would you also stoop to bite it back?\27. Being jealous of others does not add any benefit to yourself. Being jealous of others cannot reduce their achievements either.\28. Never waste even a minute thinking about anyone you dislike.\29. Many people, when leaving this world, will say the same sentence: 'This world is truly helpless and desolate!'\30. Love is not charity; it cannot be casually given away. Feelings have no formulas, no principles, no rules to follow. Yet people persistently pursue and cling to them until death.\31. Please express your dissatisfaction and grievances with compassion and a gentle attitude; then others will be more likely to accept them.\32. Those who create opportunities are brave. Those who wait for opportunities are foolish.\33. Being able to speak but not act is not true wisdom.\34. Listen carefully to what others say, and do not rush to express your own opinions.\35. Why fill the same bottle with poison? Why fill the same mind with troubles?\36. We think that unattainable things are wonderful because we know too little about them and have no time to be with them. One day, when you truly understand them, you will find they are not as beautiful as you imagined.\37. In this world, there is only smoothness, not perfection.\38. Living one day is a blessing and should be cherished. When I cried that I had no shoes to wear, I realized someone had no feet.\39. The more attention you pay to others, the less attention you have to reflect on yourself, understand?\40. If you want to know about the world's wars, listen to the midnight cries at the slaughterhouse gate. Do not just complain about being sick or misfortunes; consider how many people have perished violently at your hands.\41. Hating others is a great loss for oneself.\42. Everyone has life, but not everyone understands it or cherishes it. To those who do not understand life, it is a punishment.\43. Those who believe they own wealth are in fact owned by it.44. Attachment to emotions is the cause of suffering; let go of emotional attachment, and you can attain freedom.
45. Following fate does not mean carelessly getting by or procrastinating, but rather doing your best and accepting destiny.
46. Do not be too certain of your own opinions; this way, you will have fewer regrets.
47. When you are honest with yourself, no one in the world can deceive you.
48. It is shameful for a person to use methods that hurt others to cover their own flaws.
49. A person whose heart is full of jealousy, whose mind is not sincere, and whose speech is improper cannot be considered a person with proper appearance.
50. Tell more jokes, handle things with a humorous attitude; life will be a little easier this way.
51. Living for the applause of others is a sign of a person who cannot withstand tests.
52. Do not deliberately try to guess others' thoughts; without wisdom and correct experience, your judgment is usually wrong.
53. To understand a person, you only need to see if their starting point and destination are the same; this can reveal whether they are sincere.
54. The truth of life is hidden in the ordinary and bland.
55. A person who does not bathe will not smell pleasant even if they apply perfume. Fame and honor come from genuine talent and learning. Virtue naturally has a fragrance.
56. Rather than resisting the facts that have already occurred, it is better to accept them.
57. Adversity is a necessary process of growth; those who are brave enough to face adversity will see their life gradually strengthen.
58. You should be thankful to those who point out your flaws.
59. A person who can think of others will never be lonely.
60. If you can notice your own flaws as accurately as you notice the flaws of others, then your life will be extraordinary.
61. Forgiving others is leaving space in your own heart for flexibility.
62. Time will always pass; let it wash away your troubles!
63. If you insist on taking simple matters seriously, you will suffer.
64. A person who always distorts the goodwill of others is beyond cure.
65. People are not inherently bad; it's just habits. Everyone has habits, some deeper than others. As long as they have a heart inclined to goodness, forgive them when you can, and do not regard them as bad.
66. Telling one lie requires making up ten more lies to cover it; why go through that trouble?
67. In fact, those who love beauty are merely in love with themselves.68. There is no one in the world who is never slandered, and no one who is always praised. When you talk a lot, others will criticize you; when you talk little, others will criticize you; when you are silent, others will still criticize you. In this world, there is no one who is free from criticism.
69. Those who praise us are not true teachers. Those who point out and instruct us are the real teachers; with them, we can make progress.
70. What you currently possess will, upon your death, become others'; so why not now generously give it to those who truly need it?
71. Passing a day idly, doing nothing, is like committing theft.
72. Silence is the best response to slander.
73. Showing respect to others is a way of dignifying yourself.
74. To have a selfless loving heart is to have everything.
75. Hatred can never resolve hatred; only tolerance can resolve hatred—this is an eternal truth.
76. It is better to accept than to complain; for facts that cannot be changed, there is no better way than acceptance.
77. Do not let the ignorance of all beings bring you trouble. Do not let the foolishness of others cause you suffering.
78. When others speak ill of us, there is no need to be angry or upset. When they speak well of us, there is no need to be happy either; within the bad there is good, within the good there is bad—it depends on whether you can make use of it.
79. When your mistakes are revealed, do not lose your temper. Do not think that being stubborn or noisy can hide or overcome your flaws.
80. Do not always think of yourself as very unfortunate; there are many in the world who suffer more than we do.
81. A foolish person always wants others to understand him. A wise person, however, strives to understand himself.
82. Arrival is by chance, departure is inevitable. So you must follow fate without changing, and be unchanging while following fate.
83. Only by facing reality can you transcend reality.
84. Conscience is the fairest judge of every person; you can deceive others, but you can never deceive your own conscience.
85. Those who do not know how to love themselves are incapable of loving others.
86. Doing things is merely learning how to be a person.
87. Sometimes we need to calmly ask ourselves: what are we pursuing? What do we live for?88. Do not distance yourself from your closest friends over small disputes, and do not forget the great kindness of others because of minor grudges. 89. Courageously accepting others' criticism is just the right way to adjust your own shortcomings. 90. Be grateful to heaven for what I have, and grateful to heaven for what I do not have. 91. This world is inherently full of suffering, without exception. 92. Rather than saying others make you suffer, it is better to say that your own cultivation is insufficient. 93. If you do not give yourself trouble, others can never give you trouble. It is your own heart that you cannot let go. 94. Focus on disciplining yourself well, not others. 95. Not forgiving all beings, not pardoning all beings, brings suffering to yourself. 96. Don't say others are pitiable; if you yourself are more pitiable, what use is your own cultivation? How much do you understand about life? 97. People with insufficient blessings often hear disputes; people with enough blessings have never heard of disputes. 98. You must always be grateful to those beings who give you adversity. 99. You must always forgive all beings, no matter how bad they are, even if they have harmed you. You must let go to attain true happiness. 100. Most people in their lifetime only do three things: deceive themselves, deceive others, and be deceived. 101. People who admire themselves too much will not appreciate the merits of others. 102. The heart is the greatest deceiver; others can deceive you temporarily, but it can deceive you for a lifetime. 103. When you hold onto something tightly in your hand, you can only possess that thing; if you let go, you have the chance to choose something else. If a person's heart is rigidly attached to their own views and refuses to let go, their wisdom can only reach a certain level. 104. Others fearing you is not a blessing, and others deceiving you is not a disgrace. 105. It is not someone who causes me distress, but I take someone's words and actions to trouble myself. 106. Do not deliberately distort others' goodwill; you should think in a positive way. 107. It is natural that worldly matters do not always go as one wishes. 108. My wealth is not because I have a lot, but because I require very little. 109. After eating, one must go to the bathroom; a person must learn to let go according to fate, otherwise one may become constipated. 110. Those who often think others are paying attention to them, or hope others pay attention to them, will live more troubled lives.111. I can cook for you, but I cannot eat for you. Each person eating makes themselves full. Related searches: Cherish life. Starting point. Lethal force. Life and death are personal matters.
112. It is easy to look down on others, but difficult to straighten yourself out.
113. Just live your own life; you don't need to worry about other people's distortions and right or wrong.
114. If you are preparing to get married, let me tell you a very important philosophical saying: you must tolerate and accept your partner's shortcomings. There is no perfectly happy marriage in the world; happiness only comes from infinite tolerance and mutual respect.
115. If you can safely get through a day, that is a blessing. Many people will not see the sun tomorrow, many people have become disabled today, many people have lost their freedom today, and many people have lost their homes and families today.
116. Right and wrong, gain and loss, can only be judged by the final result.
117. It is better to forgive others yourself than to let others forgive you.
118. When you face things with a troubled heart, everything seems like karma, and the world becomes ugly and hateful.
119. If you aspire to be the dragon or elephant of the Buddhas, first you must be the horse or ox of sentient beings.
120. Although we
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