Chicken Soup for the Soul (Continuously Updated)

After drinking too much “poison chicken soup,” let’s have some positive energy.

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Life is not fair — get used to it.
The world won’t care about your self-esteem until you’ve achieved something.
Don’t set your goals based on what others think is important. Only you know what is best for you.
Don’t dwell on yesterday or tomorrow while letting today slip through your fingers. Live each day as it comes, and you’ll enjoy all your days. Life is measured not by quantity but by quality.
Don’t be afraid to learn new things. Knowledge has no weight — it’s a treasure you carry with you. No one is crushed by it, and the more you have, the stronger and healthier you become.
The inability to endure doesn’t mean anything other than giving up the opportunity to succeed through perseverance.
Your predicament is not the fault of anyone around you.
The widest thing in the world is the ocean; wider than the ocean is the sky; wider than the sky is the human heart. — Victor Hugo
Be kind to boring people — you may end up working for a boring person someday.
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
The most difficult time is when success is nearest. — Napoleon
Guide him through your questions until he agrees with you rather than opposes you.
When countless clocks tick chaotically, you can only listen to your own heartbeat.
There seems to be a truth in this world: if you wait for all conditions to be perfect before taking action, you might end up waiting forever.
A person’s life is a continuous process of trying, undergoing trials and errors, and eventually becoming wiser. Whenever you take action with confidence, you can never predict the outcome — success or failure. Whether you succeed or fail, these attempts are valuable. In fact, you often learn more from failure.
Modern people blindly pursue speed, quick results, muddle through, and do things perfunctorily — how can they expect success? In fact, it only takes a small cloud to cover the sun; and often it’s just a small slack that hinders success. The pursuit of perfection may be time-consuming and labor-intensive, with no visible results in the short term, but it is absolutely essential for success.
We need courage to change what can be changed, serenity to accept what cannot be changed, and wisdom to know the difference. — Kai-Fu Lee
No matter the industry, the fundamental factor that determines whether someone is an expert is not technique. At a certain level, everyone’s technique is the same. What sets people apart is the heart — love, confidence, and responsibility.
Knowing what things should be like makes you a wise person; Knowing what things are actually like makes you an experienced person; Knowing how to make things better makes you a talented person. — Denis Diderot, French philosopher
At 15, you thought swimming was too hard and gave up. At 18, when someone you like invites you swimming, you can only say “I can’t.” At 18, you thought English was too hard and gave up. At 28, when a great job requiring English appears, you can only say “I can’t.” The more you avoid trouble and refuse to learn in your earlier years, the more likely you are to miss out on people and things that move your heart, and miss new landscapes. — Kevin Tsai
The Buddha Says: I asked the Buddha: If I meet someone I can love, but fear I cannot hold on to them — what should I do? The Buddha said: Leave some love in the human world, face the thousand changes of the floating world. With the one who shares your feelings, do joyful things. Don’t ask if it’s a calamity or destiny.

I asked the Buddha: Why not give every woman a flower-shame-the-moon beauty? The Buddha said: That is merely a flash in the pan, used to blind secular eyes. No beauty can compare to a pure and loving heart. I bestow it upon every woman, yet some let it gather dust.

I asked the Buddha: Why is there so much regret in the world? The Buddha said: This is a world of samsara — samsara means regret. Without regret, no matter how much happiness you’re given, you would never appreciate joy.

I asked the Buddha: How can people stop feeling lonely in their hearts? The Buddha said: Every heart is born lonely and incomplete. Most live through life with this incompleteness. It is only when encountering the other half that can make it whole that this ends — but often, through negligence or missed opportunity, they lose the right to possess it.

I asked the Buddha: How can I be as wise as you? The Buddha said: The Buddha is one who has passed through; humans are future Buddhas. I was once as naive as you…
Love and marriage are like collecting seashells on the beach. Don’t pick the biggest or most beautiful one — pick the one you like best and that suits you best. Once you’ve picked it, don’t go back to the beach.
Lonely people always remember everyone who appears in their lives.
Today and Tomorrow What you don’t want to have tomorrow, abandon today; What you hope to have tomorrow, strive for today; What you should have tomorrow, don’t let slip today.
The Characteristics of Wisdom Someone asked a philosopher: What kind of person is considered wise? His answer: One who exerts all their strength to charge toward achievable goals.
Poor Vision Foolish people only see others’ flaws while paying no attention to their strengths. Such people are like flies that are only attracted to inflamed parts of the body.
People rarely do what they believe is right; they do what is convenient, then regret it. — Bob Dylan