Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.
雎鸠在水面张翼低飞,黄莺在枝头婉转歌唱。河面鸳鸯交颈,空中群鸟飞翔。叽喳的鸣叫声,旋律动听美妙。逍遥于春光中,令我心情欢畅。
Take one simple thing — almost anything — but take it extremely seriously, as if it was the only thing in the world, or maybe the entire world is in it — and by taking it seriously you’ll light up the sky.