Never underestimate the power of long-term thinking in a short-term world.
想治理国家,首先要先去治民。治民要先正己,做好治家的工作,把自家子弟教育好了,自己就会以身作则;只有做到先正自己,才能在治民方面起到带头作用。只有先做好自己,才能为别人带好头和榜样;只有先身体力行才能有好作用榜样示范作用。这才是真正有意义的治理国家的好方法。只有先立好自己的身才能对社会起到好的表率作用。
释义:有了过错却不知道的人是被蒙蔽,迷失了方向还不返回的人是迷惑。这是对自知之明与迷途知返重要性的阐述。
You can't just sit there and wait for life to come to you. You have to go get it.
The moment you stop trying is the moment you start dying.