You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.
To be of few words is natural.
Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.
To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom.
Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life.
The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end.