WISDOM OF ANCIENT CHINA.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 231, 30 September 1929, Page 9

WISDOM OF ANCIENT CHINA.

Where passion burns, there burns the iire of hell; where passions storm, there storms the. sea of bitterness. When the heart is free from desires, temptations melt away like snowflakes on a stove. He who understands human nature, when he is called an ox or a donkey will only nod his head. Honour is maintained by simple living and lost by luxury. Desires and passions need not injure the heart, but self-righteousness eats it like a canker. The lover of money inclines toward the path of unrighteousness; the lover of reputation sneaks into the hall of fame. It is better to be poor and feel rich than to be rich and feel poor. lu time of unhappiness think of the most unfortunate; in time of elation think of the most deserving. To display one's own learning and virtue is the surest way to criticism and lidicule. Kestacy is transient, but make your jcy more moderate and you will find it more lasting. Time is long, but the hustlers avo always rushing; the universe is wide, bite the narrow-minded are always cramped. Only the mind that is at leisure can read in Nature her best literature. True freedom lies in the heart. Do not wait until you feel thirsty before you dig your well. The only way to keep absolutely secret (1) is to have no secrets; (2) is. not to do what needs to be concealed. • Sickness enters by the-mouth; disasters issue fiom it. '