Zeng Guofan's famous sayings on cultivating life - Classic Quotations 6: The ability to consume happiness. The talent of ordinary people depends on their ambitions and interests.

Those who are humble follow vulgar and mediocre rules, and become more and more filthy day by day; those who are high admire the path of wisdom and prosperity, and become wiser day by day.

Whether you are wise or wise is a matter of fact.

("The Complete Works and Miscellaneous Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong") Often, those who are greedy for delicious food will end up with rich food that cannot be swallowed; those who indulge in beauty will end up with beauty lingering around their knees and unable to enjoy it.

People who pursue material desires as their goal will be harmed by it if they get it, and suffer from it if they don't get it.

Food and beauty are not unenjoyable, but they are just scenery on the roadside and by no means the home that we aspire to pursue.

What can bring lasting happiness in the world is the improvement of the soul and the cause of benefiting the world and others.

On a spiritual level, the more we give, the more we receive.

What increases with it is the ability to consume happiness.

What is true love? Sacrifice your life to serve your country and practice spirituality sideways.

("The Complete Works and Miscellaneous Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong") True love has no distinction between great and small.

Only loving yourself is selfish desire.

Love is a kind of strange nourishment for the soul, the more you use it, the better it becomes.

If you love your family but beggar your neighbor and treat others as hell, then the spring of love will be like a drop of water, which can only nourish narrow-mindedness; if you respect yourself and others, regard all living beings as brothers, and regard the country as your home, then the spring of love will last forever and benefit yourself and others.

Always have sincere respect. The word "reverence" was used by Confucius to teach people, and it was also often said by scholar-bureaucrats in the Spring and Autumn Period.

When it came to Cheng and Zhu, he could say thousands of words without departing from this purpose.

Internally, it is focused, quiet and pure, externally, it is orderly and solemn, showing respect.

When you go out, you feel like you are seeing a distinguished guest, and the people feel like they are receiving a great sacrifice, and they have an atmosphere of respect.

Cultivation of oneself to bring peace to the people, being respectful and respectful will bring peace to the world. This is the result of respect.

I say that the close effect of the word "reverence" is that it can strengthen the connection between people's skin and the bundles of muscles and bones.

Being solemn and respectful is getting stronger day by day, and peace and quiet are getting stronger day by day. They are all natural responses.

Even though his body is old and sick, when sacrifices are being made in altars and temples, or when battles are in danger, he still doesn't feel the gods are frightened and the energy is uplifted.

This is enough to know that respect can make a person strong.

("The Complete Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong's Family Instructions") Sincerity is a ruler. It may seem indifferent, but it prevents people from going astray.

If you are sincere to your parents, you will not do anything unfilial; if you are sincere to friendship, you will not do anything dishonest; if you are sincere to nature, you will not do anything that damages the ecology; if you are sincere to your career, you will not do anything dishonest.

Will not do anything procrastinating.

Respect is warning, warning is wakefulness, and wakefulness is wisdom.

Zeng Guofan's famous sayings on cultivating one's life_Classic Quotations 8 Zeng Guofan's famous sayings on cultivating one's life_Classic Quotations 8 Only by studying the structure of a stone can one understand the changes of a mountain.

Only by tasting the sweetness of a grain of rice can you understand the generosity of nature as a whole.

Wisdom comes from clear observation, grasp of the overall situation comes from understanding the details, and decisiveness and ability are inseparable from exploring the smallest details of things.

Every time we encounter an incident, we should examine it from both the pros and cons, place it in a specific environment, ponder it over and over, analyze it in detail, trace its cause, predict its outcome, and then resolve the main contradiction as needed.

By doing this in everything, it will be easier to grasp the overall laws of things, wisdom will arise from careful observation, and wisdom will become from wisdom.

Always feel guilty to warn oneself. If a person in a high position always feels guilty about being incompetent, then his faults will surely come to pass.

("The Complete Works and Miscellaneous Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong") A person will play many roles in society: parents, children, bosses, subordinates, husband and wife, mentors and friends, etc.

For every character, if I could examine myself three times a day: Are I being unfaithful to others?

Make friends but don’t believe it?

Are you not used to it?

This will sound the alarm.

If you occasionally make a mistake, your heart will warn you; even if you make some small mistakes, you can avoid them next time.

Otherwise, its own early warning system will be shut down.

There is no radar for air defense, and there is no defensive line for combat readiness. If you do well, you will be fine, but if you make mistakes, you will regret it.

Conquer the inner demons and become a Buddha immediately. There will be no thieves in my heart, and I will break down the walls of my heart.

("The Complete Works and Miscellaneous Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong") Man's greatest enemy is himself.

He who conquers others is powerful, and he who conquers himself is strong.

("Laozi") In the face of desires, crazy pursuit, no satisfaction and no satisfaction; in the face of difficulties, fear in the heart, shrinking hands and feet. These enemies are not the true colors of the heart.

Greed is clinging to illusory things, and it is trying to undermine others; fear is being frightened by the devil created by one's own heart, and it is a ruthless suppression of the original heart.