[951]
With time always running out,
why only hope to do better later?
Why not start doing better now?
[952]
Those sincere about improvement
take definitive action,
while those insincere
only talk about it indefinitely.
[953]
Those who only lament
of their suffering
without taking the action
needed to overcome it
will suffer on until they do.
[954]
If more good opportunities
are wanted,
more heavy responsibilities
should be expected.
[955]
That you cling to is
that you are limited by.
[956]
There is venting
from being pent-up
only when there is clinging
to something.
[957]
When one keeps
openly talking nonsense,
it might be diversion
from more nonsense
that is secretly being done.
[958]
德行不足，
难被人度。
德行不足，
他人难度。
When virtuous practices are not enough,
it is difficult to be delivered by others.
When virtuous practices are not enough,
others are difficult to be delivered by you.
[959]
Effective art clarifies the abstract.
Ineffective art obfuscates it further.
[960]
What is more irritable
than that which irritates me
is that I am irritable.