Home / Quotes / Quote by Zicheng Hong

Quote by Zicheng Hong

“Desires that are just are termed Truth. Without desires, Truth cannot be understood.”

Quote by Zicheng Hong

Book:A Chinese Garden of Serenity: Epigrams from the Ming Dynasty

Work

A Chinese Garden of Serenity: Epigrams from the Ming Dynasty

This book is a compilation of classical Chinese poetry that captures the essence of Ming Dynasty gardens, showcasing the cultural and artistic values of the period. more

Author

Zicheng Hong was a prominent philosopher during the Ming and Qing dynasties in China. He is known for his contributions to Neo-Confucian philosophy, particularly his work on the nature of human nature and moral cultivation. His teachings have had a lasting impact on Chinese intellectual history. more

You May Also Like

“Women's battle for financial equality has barely been joined, much less won. Society still traditionally assigns to woman the role of money-handler rather than money-maker, and our assigned specialty is far more likely to be home economics than financial economics.”

Stills Home Roles Battle Economics Financial Equality Makers Specialty Money Maker Home Economics

Author:Paula Nelson

“It is better that great peoples should seek out glory, or even vanity, in their deeds, than that they should remain indifferent . For even if they are not incited to act upon virtuous principles, at least there is the saving grace that they will do things they might not have done had not vanity prompted their actions.”

Ifs Should Done Might Action Principles Grace Glory Deeds Saving Vanity Indifference Virtuous Indifferent Great People Saving Grace

Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

“It's a journey, it's a fight everyday. There was a real effort to stay in the program... So far this has been a very successful rehab.”

Has Beens Real Fighting Effort Successful Journey Program Everyday Life Journey Rehab

Author:Peter Hobson

“Impatience is a sign of hurrying; hurrying is a sign of worrying; worrying is a sign someone forgot time is on their side.”

Sides Worry Optimism Patience Impatience Hurrying Thoughts Become Things

Author:Mike Dooley

“Don't stop trying, learning, fighting, experimenting, doing, until the miracle happens.”

Trying Happens Fighting Miracle Persistence Business Success Stop Trying Miracles Do Happen

Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“Whatever you can conceive or imagine is but a fragment of yourself.”

Spiritual Imagine Fragments

Author:Hakuun Yasutani

“The point to be grasped from the saintly tradition is that to love animals is not sentimentality (as we know it) but true spirituality. Of course there can be vain, self-seeking loving, but to go (sometimes literally) out of our way to help animals, to expend effort to secure their protection and to feel with them their suffering and to be moved by it-these are surely signs of spiritual greatness.”

Source: Christianity and the Rights of Animals

“Alas, not all things in life are easy; Even man struggles to be human.”

Men Humans Easy Leadership Struggle All Things Things In Life Alas

Author:Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

“Then, as she turned to walk away, Fred dropped the guillotine."So we're making Ev CEO," he said, his fork clenched in his hand. "You're going to get a passive chairman role and a silent board seat. We have some paperwork for you and a recommendation for a lawyer."Jack felt like he had just been hit in the face with a baseball bat. "Say that again," he stuttered to Fred, thinking he had heard incorrectly.Fred repeated himself almost verbatim: We're making Ev CEO. You're getting a passive chairman role. You will have a silent board seat. Here's the paperwork. Call a lawyer.”

Thinking Said Hands Faces Felt Walks Roles Heard Baseball Silent Lawyer Boards Seats Passive Bats Ceo Chairman Forks Recommendations Paperwork Guillotine

Author:Nick Bilton

“The secret to living the life of your dreams is to START living the life of your dreams.”

Source: Notes from the Universe: New Perspectives from an Old Friend