Wisdom Book

Chapter 14

find your lucky star
People without lucky stars are the most helpless.If things are not going your way right now, it's because you haven't discovered it just yet.Just relying on the good conditions bestowed by good luck, some people can climb the dragon and the phoenix, and some people can make a fortune, but they don't know why such a result occurs.Some people may be more successful in one country than another, and some people may be more successful in one city than another.Even if the ability has not changed, if you change your career, you may achieve excellent results.The God of Destiny always deals cards as he pleases, and everyone should know their own luck as well as their own talents, because this is where the success or failure of life lies.Find your own lucky star, and follow it, don't change it casually, let alone dismiss it.

don't associate with fools
The so-called fools are those who cannot discern fools.And those who recognize stupid people, but do not know how to keep their distance, are even more stupid people.Even if you don't make friends with fools, it will lead you to danger.If you treat him as a confidant and tell him everything, it will bring double danger.A fool may be very quiet at the beginning because of his own prudence and the warnings of others.However, this deliberate self-control will only make them do stupid things later.Someone with an extremely bad reputation can damage your reputation.Stupid people are mostly unlucky, and this is the punishment of heaven for what they do, but this punishment is also contagious to those with whom they associate.There is only one thing that is not bad about them, and that is that, to the wise, the fool, though of no use, may serve as a useful counter-example.

Know how to live in different places
Some ethnic groups can gain the attention of the world only after they have migrated to other places. This principle is especially applicable to those with high positions and powers.The motherland often treats those outstanding children like a stepmother.In the land of their birth, envy is rampant and above all things, people only remember their initial shortcomings, but often overlook their later achievements.When a pin travels from the old world to the new world, its value will increase several times.And a glass bead from afar can cost even more than a diamond.Whether it comes from afar or because of its excellent workmanship, as long as it is an imported product, it will be respected by people.Some people who were once ridiculed by their countrymen are now world-famous talents.Because he can only be seen from afar, he is respected by his compatriots; because he comes from afar, he is respected by foreigners.The reverence for the statue revered on the altar is lost if one remembers that it was once a tree-trunk in the garden.

gain respect by virtue

Being able to gain the respect of others depends on virtue rather than strength. This is the correct way to establish a good reputation and merit.If virtue is aided by effort, our path to success is short.Integrity alone is not enough to make you famous, nor is hard work alone, because in the process you may be splashed with dirty water and cause damage to your reputation.A combination of the two is the best way to go, and you not only have to possess virtue, but also strive to demonstrate it.

keep something to look forward to
Always save wishes for final fulfillment so you don't become dissatisfied with life.Just as the body needs to breathe, our spirit needs something to pursue.If you have everything, everything will become illusion, which will eventually lead to your dissatisfaction.Even the wise will satisfy their curiosity by leaving some novelty for later exploration.Hope keeps us alive, but over-satisfaction kills us.When helping others, don't let them be completely satisfied, or they will lose their pursuit, and then everything will become terrible, and no pleasure will make them happy.At the end of desire, what awaits you is fear.

People who look stupid are mostly stupid, and people who don't look stupid are half stupid
The world is full of fools, and even if there is only a sliver of wisdom left, he is still a fool in the eyes of God.The stupidest people are those who think others are stupid but don't know themselves stupid.To be a wise man, it is not enough to look wise, much less to think you are wise.People can't be self-righteous, humble people are wise.Although the world is full of stupid people, no one thinks he is stupid or even doubts the fact.

The perfect man is made by words and deeds
Proper words and deeds make a perfect man.The former shows the wisdom of the right brain, while the latter shows the kindness of the heart, both of which are produced from the noble spiritual quality.Words are the shadow of actions, words are female, and actions are male. It is far less important to praise others with words than to be praised by others because of actions.It's easy to say, but very difficult to do.Behavior is the essence of life, and words full of wisdom can only be used as decoration.Behavior can continue, but words quickly die.Actions are the fruits of thought, and words are the expression of wisdom.

Get to know the greats of your time

Great men are rare, there is only one phoenix in the whole world, and there has only been one great general, one outstanding orator and one true philosopher in 100 years.It takes hundreds of years for a wise monarch to emerge.The mediocre people bow their heads, and it is difficult to gain the respect of others.There are only a handful of excellent people, because it requires perfection.The higher the level you are in, the harder it is to reach the top.Many people use the good names of Caesar and Alexander to call themselves "great", but it often doesn't help.Without great performance, the title of "great" is nothing more than a balloon that gets bigger and bigger and pops when poked.There are not many Seneca-style characters, and there is only one Apelles who can leave his name in history.

Take it easy and take it easy

If you lift the weight lightly, you can avoid overconfidence; if you lift the weight lightly, you can keep your spirit from being depressed.To give up on something, you just have to think it's done.Diligence, on the other hand, can conquer the seemingly impossible.At a critical juncture, you can't look forward and backward, and have many doubts, you only need to act quickly.

play the ignore card

The shrewdest way to get what you want is to pretend you don't care about it.The things in the world, when you are looking for them hard, you can't find their traces, and when you no longer have any hope for them, they will fall into your hands in an endless stream.Everything in the world is a shadow of the eternal, and behaves like a shadow.When you chase them, they run away; when you run away from them, they actively chase you.Ignoring is the shrewdest strategy.Here is a wise motto: Never use the pen to justify, because you will always leave a mark, which will not only fail to punish the enemy, but will make them famous.Wretched men often use cunning against others, and by this means they try to gain honor which they cannot achieve.If you can ignore these villains, they will remain unknown forever.The best revenge is to ignore and bury the little people in the humble soil.Those scumbags try to make a name for themselves by burning some wonder of the world and history.One of the ways to quell gossip is to ignore it. Angry rebuttals can only do you harm and ruin your reputation.If someone wants to match you, you should be happy, although they will bring a stain on your reputation, but by no means will it completely take away from your shine.

Understand that mediocrity is everywhere

Even in Corinth, or in the most eminent families, we find mediocrity.Everyone can see them all around them.The mediocrity of high birth is more harmful, and they reflect mediocrity, as broken glass has the properties of a whole glass, but is more harmful.They speak without thinking and make judgments about others.They are disciples of ignorance, patron saints of foolishness, masters of gossip.You can ignore their words, let alone their thoughts.Know them to avoid them, don't join them in order not to become their target.All stupidity is vulgarity, and vulgar people are made up of stupid people.

self-control in everything

Be highly alert to the occurrence of accidents and disasters. The stimulation of passion will make people lose their caution, and it is very dangerous to be unable to keep calm.When a person is angry or ecstatic, more thoughts occur than when he is calm.A moment of loss of control can make you regret for a lifetime.Insidious people set all kinds of traps, just to find out the opponent's bottom line and find out the opponent's thinking.Having good self-control is the most effective countermeasure.Control your impulses like a horse, and he who can keep his head on horseback is doubly wise.He who can foresee danger finds his way by groping.Those words blurted out under impulse may seem insignificant to the speaker, but the listener will keep them in mind.

don't die of stupidity
A wise man usually dies after losing his mind, and a fool dies before finding it.If you have too many thoughts, you will die of stupidity.Some people die because they are overly sensitive, others live just fine because they never think.Some people are stupid because they worry about everything, and some people are stupid because they don't worry.It would be foolish to die for being too smart.Some people die because they know too much, others live because they don't know everything.Although many people die of stupidity, not many stupid people die because they never really lived.

free from worldly ignorance

It takes a special kind of coolness to escape worldly ignorance.Worldly ignorance becomes authoritative because it is common. Many people will not be misled by individual ignorance, but they cannot resist the shortcomings that people share.A fool is always dissatisfied with his wealth, even though he is very rich, and always shuns wisdom, even though he often appears stupid.People are often not satisfied with their own happiness, but covet the happiness of others.People today always praise the past, while being in one place, they yearn for another place, the past is always the best, everything in the distance is more precious, and he who laughs at everything is as stupid as he who laments everything .

know how to deal with the truth
Telling the truth puts people at risk, but it is impossible for a good person not to tell, and that requires great skill.The empathetic doctor knows how to sweeten the pill of truth, because telling others the truth is so painful.At this time, superb skills and decent manners will show their talents.For the same truth, some people will express their gratitude after hearing it, and some people will be furious after hearing it. For smart people, they can stop at the end, or even say nothing at all.Never treat kings with bitter pills, better sugarcoat them.

Heaven and hell

Heaven is full of happiness, and hell is full of pain. Human beings live between these two extremes and can get what the two extremes give, so there is both pain and happiness.Fortune and misfortune are unpredictable, and a person cannot be happy forever, nor can he suffer forever.Life is nothing, it is insignificant in itself, it is only because there is heaven in front of it, it becomes very important.It is wise to act indifferently.A truly wise man is indifferent even to anything novel.Our life is like a play, with ups and downs, and a wise man will try his best to seek a good ending when the curtain ends.

(End of this chapter)