Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.
蓬草长在麻地里,不用扶它也能挺立;把白沙放在黑土里,白沙也就变成黑的了。这两个例子说明,环境对一个人的影响,是非常大的,所以才有了《孟母三迁》的故事。
【释义】一个人如果能在暗中行善积德、不欺瞒他人,圣人会察觉并赞许,贤人会帮助他,天道也会眷顾他,人们因此喜爱他,鬼神则敬重他。他身处富贵而不失其财富与地位,灾祸不侵犯他,寿命也不会受到折损。劫难、火灾、水患等都远离他,最终可以保全性命,享完其应有的天寿。
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things.