Whenever and wherever you are, you need to understand the law of "the weak eat the strong, the fittest survive, and the weak are eliminated." Only by making yourself strong enough, either materially or spiritually, can the world respect you.
The wolf will not stop attacking because of the softness of the sheep. It will only retreat when faced with the tiger.
The world will not be gentle because of your kindness and cowardice. You will bully the weak in everything, but you will never be defeated if you are tough.
Flattery is short-sightedness rather than insight.
Flattery is the prelude to cowardice, and can only reap humiliation.
Being ruthless to oneself is a weapon in the world, and it will surely win its respect.
All human beings are born equal. Don't be arrogant or inferior. Respect and being respected are everyone's rights. No one has the right to desecrate this right.
Sometimes, it’s just that they have different positions and different environments, or they may be bosses, leaders, or powerful people. It’s just their identities that are different, not their species.
When a person eliminates identity and material things, they are all seven emotions and six desires in nature. Birth, old age, illness and death are all moving towards the void of human beings and things. Who is more sacred than the other?
For bad people, they admire power and arrogance, and cannot tolerate equality and mutual respect in their hearts. There is no need to please and be tolerant when getting along with them, because the softer you are, the more tyrannical they will be.
Blind flattery and endless tolerance can only be exchanged for self-humiliating humiliation and unscrupulous ridicule. The way to deal with this is not to have illusions and extravagant hopes, because the nature of a dead person is to flatter and bully the superiors. They would rather kneel and bend upwards than stand and look up to them. They never know how to be equal and respectful to those who are weaker than them. .
For wise men, no matter how powerful and powerful they are, they will always look at the world levelly. If you please them, they will regard it as rude. Only by meeting by chance and becoming a gentleman can you win a frank relationship.
Only by not looking down or looking up can you know your true self. Only by being strict with yourself, ruthless and victorious can you dominate the world.
The more you please, the humbler you will be.
Don't live a humble life. The more humble you are, the more you please, it is equivalent to selling yourself cheaply, and you will be worthless in the eyes of others.
Ingratiation can only bring you temporary benefits, but it cannot bring you a lifetime of strength. This is true for a person, and this is true for a country.
Survive by pleasing others, always living in the shadow of others, which is a kind of parasitism that depends on others. Whether your life is good or bad depends entirely on other people's faces. No matter how good your life is, it is still uneasy happiness, and there is a risk of overturning at any time.
The Yue Kingdom was weaker than the Wu Kingdom . The Wu Kingdom took advantage of its own strength and often harassed its territory for no reason. In fact, it was a tentative attack.
Then the State of Yue was very worried about the military annexation of the State of Wu, so it donated gold, jade, beauty, etc. to the King of Wu every year in exchange for the King of Wu's happiness.
Seeking happiness with tolerance and flattery is like giving away a sheep to stop the wolf. It will only make the other party's appetite grow bigger and bigger. Don't expect restraint and kindness.
As a result, the humbleness and flattery of the Yue State made the Wu State despise itself even more. What they got in exchange was not peaceful coexistence but the hatred of country subjugation. The entire Yue State subjects and the Yue King became slaves of the Wu State.
People's hearts always look up to the strong and look down on the weak. The soft are always afraid of the hard, the hard are afraid of violence, and the powerful are afraid of fighting for their lives.
Reality is very cruel. It only admits defeat to the strong. It is also a snobbery. The more humble you are, the more you will be bullied by reality.
What you can only get by being humble is humiliation and arrogance. A real strong man is ruthless and strict with himself. No matter adversity or adversity, he insists on the perseverance of "sleeping on the fire and tasting courage".
Humbleness and flattery are the palest beggars. What you beg for will never have dignity. Dignity comes from the strength and confidence you have to rely on yourself.
Only being strong and ruthless is the kingly way of life.
The winner is always good at planning and hardworking in the shadow of the sword;
The loser is always indulging in singing and dancing.
Realistic strong people do not cater to or please others, but are good at tempering themselves, treating themselves harshly, and dealing with the world with strength.
Being ruthless means that when others are enjoying comfort and carnival, you choose to be critical and lonely, and build strength in body and soul in silence.
Even if you are as soft as a sheep, you still need to develop the blood of a wolf and the might of a tiger. Only when you are ruthless and strong can the world dare not ignore your insignificance.
The so-called strength:
In the face of power, do not be intimidated by insidiousness, cunning, and arrogance, be wise and knowledgeable, and take charge of the world, live a calm and calm life;
In the face of nature, do not be affected by wind, frost, rain, snow, and stormy waves. If you are disturbed, you should not be flattered or frightened, but go away and leave them unintentionally, so that you can become as pure as a lotus.
The so-called ruthlessness:
To treat people and things, we should be open to all rivers and never tire of the mountains. We will regard the beautiful and ugly, the good and the evil as the scenery in life, and tolerate the world's intolerance. There are difficulties in the world, but if you reach this state, there will be no injustice in the world.
Treat yourself and your heart, don't indulge in lust, don't be troubled by joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. Even at the top or at the bottom, you must always act like walking on thin ice, like an enemy is approaching, and never slacken your self-discipline.
Life is like a battlefield, one must "barbarize one's body and arm one's mind." What should be abandoned should be cynicism, and what should be strictly maintained must be awe.
Life is like winter. The more you huddle up, the easier it is to freeze. You can only bravely use your hands and feet to challenge the cold. As long as you move, it will surrender to you.
