However, when it comes to the question of 'what does it mean to live well?', it is different for each person, changes as one lives, and changes again depending on one's situation.
Nevertheless, we all strive to live well, no matter what the circumstances or position.
The cry, “Oh my, I’m going to die!” that we utter when things are difficult is ultimately a cry to survive and live well.
---From the "Prologue"

Just because you have a will doesn't mean everything will go as planned, and just because you pray doesn't mean your wishes will come true.
Just because you say something doesn't mean it will happen as you say.
It is a very natural and obvious truth that sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

So, it means, ‘Live as things come to be.’
---From "As it goes, as it becomes"

Luck is like this, fair to everyone.
Anyone who lives for more than 60 years is bound to experience four seasons of luck.
---From “Our lives are lived in accordance with the seasons of destiny”

There is no quick way out when you are in trouble.
The old book, Huainanzi, says, “No one knows the fastest way out of a dense forest from the beginning (出林者不得直道).” This is truly true.

---From "No one knows the fastest way from the beginning"

The so-called "luck is on the rise" does not mean that "things are going well or unexpected good luck is coming."
Rising luck means 'having a strong desire and being willing to take the difficult path until your wish comes true.'

---From "Why is it so desperate now?"

Human beings who desire and long for things will inevitably make things difficult for themselves in order to achieve those desires and longings, and this is what I call suffering.
It is hard to live because you desire.
This is the true picture of our lives.
---From "I desire, therefore I suffer"

How do humans deal with the various sufferings that arise and arise in life? It's through something called "money."
Money is the best thing human society has ever created to deal with suffering.
Therefore, the essence of money is pain, and the sum of money is the sum of all pain.
---From "Money is Pain"

Therefore, what determines the autumn harvest is not what happened in summer or autumn, but how well the seeds were sown in spring and how smoothly the rice seedlings were transplanted.
---From "When the Door to Success Opens"

“You have to run as fast as you can to barely stay here.
If you want to go somewhere else, you have to run twice as fast as you are now!”
---From "There is no such thing as an ordinary life"

The process by which rice is made or the process by which a sword is made in a blacksmith's shop are essentially the same.
Moreover, all fruits and berries are born and created through a process of ripening and hardening using fire and water.
All fruits are created through a process of training or refining.

---From "The Time the Wind Fattens the Grain"

It's never too late in life.
It's just a question of whether I have a theme, a subject, a code, that 'one word' that can explain what my actions and plans are aiming for.
---From "Successful people have a theme"

If you get too close, it is not beautiful, and if you get too far away, you cannot feel the beauty.
Beauty exists only at the right distance from the object.
A good view does not exist in itself, but only in a certain distance between the person looking at it and the view.
---From “Beauty comes from distance or gap”

There is no bad season among the four seasons of the year.
Because there is winter, the spring sunshine is welcome, and because there is summer, all things compete fiercely and show off their strength.
And then there is autumn, the heat subsides and there is a bountiful harvest.
After fall, we need to rest and then we can start producing again later, so winter is also welcome.

---From "There is no life that is not beautiful and abundant"