鹪鹩巢于深林,不过一枝;偃鼠饮河,不过满腹。
鹪鹩栖息在密密的深林,只不过占有一根树枝;偃鼠在河边饮水,只不过喝了满满一肚子。
Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
I don’t want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.
The heart’s silence is the loudest cry.