The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.
书是一扇门,你打开它,然后走进去。
不克制意志便能高洁,不讲求仁义就能修身,不追求功业名声便能使天下太平,不隐居江海也得静闲,不用导引之术而得高寿,忘掉上面这一切,而又具备这一切。淡然至极,而一切美好的东西都随之而来,这就是天道,圣人之规律。
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.
Man can only be free through mastery of himself.