When people get scared, they quit giving.
Be modest, be humble, be simple. Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about.
The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.
A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
Never complain or make excuses. If something seems unfair, just prove yourself by working twice as hard and being twice as good.
Everything I've ever done that's valuable is something I was afraid to try.
Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little.
How could sufferings be relieved through purification? To know the Path is to get lost at the ford. Indeed, sickness comes from worldly love And poverty begins with the pursuit of greed.
The scientific and societal achievements of the modern age are undisputable. But after the French Revolution, modernity increasingly emancipated itself from Christian roots, thereby becoming rootless itself.
Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves.
Nature is the true revelation of the Deity to man. The nearest green field is the inspired page from which you may read all that it is needful for you to know.