To begin with - if you write a sentence a hundred times, it becomes a part of you.

Monday - The Analects: The Doctrine of the Mean, a Guide to Life

If you lose your balance, you'll be staggering for days.
001 Even if others don't recognize me
002 A gentleman does not live like a vessel.
003 Keep the right path at the right time
004 A person who has few faults in words and few regrets in actions
005 True Mistake
006 People must experience it firsthand
007 Useful Friends and Harmful Friends
008 How to keep people from losing their words
009 A heart that learns from and reflects on
010 Actions should not be outweighed by words.
011 People who are always lonely and people who are not lonely
012 The Teacher's Conditions
013 If you move after profit, you will have a lot of resentment.
014 The Power of Honesty
015 Learning is like building a mountain.
016 Each has its own season
017 A wise man is not deceived.
018 A gentleman sees the good, a mean man sees the bad.
019 When people have no distant thoughts
020 There is only teaching, no discrimination.

Tuesday - Lessons from Mencius that Fill the Void in Your Heart

It requires a daily process of filling and building up.
021 I can't bear to do that to others
022 If you know it's not right, quit quickly.
023 Looking back and finding it within myself
024 You determine your own worth.
025 Knowing that I am not alone in this world
026 Peace is always close by
027 The eyes cannot hide their hatred.
028 A disease that likes to act as a teacher
029 Have fun together
030 Conditions of a Great Person
031 Great people only look for righteousness.
032 The Difference Between Courage and Recklessness
033 How to Make Virtuous Friends
034 What comes from me returns to me.
035 When you feel like it won't work no matter how hard you try
036 When the sky is resentful
037 How to Live Without Shame
038 True Love and Respect
039 There are things that others cannot do for you.
040 The relationship between pure heart and greed

Wednesday - Sentences of balance to restore an exhausted mind? Doctrine of the Mean? The Great Learning?

Living a balanced life
041 Life is most comfortable when you live it your way.
042 The more hidden it is, the more it is revealed.
043 There is a time for everything
044 The Greatness of Continuing Work
045 Too much is as bad as not enough.
046 How to avoid being resented by others
047 To reach the top, you must start low.
048 There is no such thing as late success.
049 If you put your heart into it, life will naturally become comfortable.
050 We must not stop our efforts now.
051 If others do it ten times, I will do it a thousand times.
052 May there be no shame even in the corner of the room
053 What to do first and what to do later
054 All things begin with knowledge.
055 Truly, we must be renewed every day.
056 Don't fool yourself
057 A wise man is conscious of his eyes and ears.
058 The mind is the master of the body.
059 Have the mindset of 'even just me'
060 I consider others' situations by looking at my own.

Thursday - Han Feizi: Life Skills and Phrases for Cultivating Your Life Skills

To live well, you need your own principles.
061 The law does not flatter.
062 If the leader has no initiative
063 Beware of being caught up in emotions
064 A leader should avoid causing trouble rather than blessing.
065 True campaigning is mind reading.
066 Don't judge a person by their appearance or words.
067 Basics of Conduct
068 Balance between egoism and altruism
069 The best way to do this is to practice it.
070 Righteousness means being worthy.
071 Avoid major accidents by paying attention to small things.
072 The Dignity of a Leader
073 Do not show off your own excellence
074 Everyone becomes brave when it comes to making a profit.
075 Unused skills are useless.
076 What matters is how you act after a mistake.
077 The thing that is everywhere is the hardest to draw.
078 A gentleman is careful about what he plants.
079 Children are not objects of lies.
080 When an organization is in disarray, leaders must reflect on themselves.

Friday - Words of Love That Benefit the World, Mozi

To be happy, you must be able to love everyone.
081 The state of mind is the source of life.
082 Always think of the essence first
083 A person no one can criticize
084 The Practice of Love, Respect, and Excellence
085 People who are difficult to get along with
086 Two things to keep in mind when keeping people around
087 Conditions of Fame and Honor
088 How will it be colored?
089 Blessings are sure to come to those who love others.
090 Constantly examine your mental habits
091 If you love others as you love yourself,
092 The will of heaven is in love
093 Balance between ideals and reality
094 What should we look for in the same way?
095 The Power of Attention
096 Calculation is not biased
097 A truly just person encourages justice.
098 Examine both the outward appearance and the inner feelings.
099 If you have given little, do not expect much.
100 Have you not asked others what you should have asked yourself?

Saturday - Words of Wisdom for Controlling the Turmoil of the Mind, from Zhuangzi

A Guide to a Leisurely Day
101 It is dangerous to pursue something that has no end.
102 The mind of a wise man is like a mirror.
103 The human heart is something that cannot be captured.
104 A truly foolish person
105 A wise person surrenders himself to the flow of change.
106 To alleviate pride and prejudice
107 Knowing that the sky and the earth may be as small as a grain of rice
108 For your talent to shine
109 If you put your values ​​outside, your mind becomes narrow-minded.
110 A person with a peaceful mind does not necessarily seek peace.
111 Sometimes I live with an empty heart, like an empty stomach.
112 Everything in the world changes and changes again.
113 People who don't pretend are natural
114 Things That Make Ultimate Relationships
115 A person who is good at talking does not make him wise.
116 Even things that seem useless have their uses.
117 Even a large mountain is raised by the accumulation of low soil.
118 If you rely on force, you will only perish.
119 All words become small before a true heart.
120 Nothing moves without sincerity

Sunday - Sentences of Change for a Better Tomorrow from the Book of Changes

The conversations I share with my heart are meaningful.
121 The influence of words and actions extends far and wide.
122 The Virtue of Humility
123 When life gets confusing, look back at your language.
124 Know when to be silent and when to speak
125 If you don't know your own vessel, disaster will strike.
126 If you know you made a mistake, never repeat it.
127 Characteristics of a person who makes good fortune
128. Speech is more important than writing, and the heart is more important than words.
129 Luck is the result of my actions
130 Good and bad fortune are created by oneself.
131 Adults cannot call themselves adults.
132 A crisis is an opportunity for change.
133 Attitude toward fortune telling
134 Do even the smallest good deeds and avoid even the smallest evil deeds.
135 An unlucky divination is the starting point of an auspicious direction.
136 If you can't detect all the subtle signs
137 Practice after polishing
138 Change is an inseparable thing in life.
139 You can tell a man by his words.
140 Even if life seems to be shrinking right now,

In closing - A time of silence and peace in Jeongjung-dong

Even if you write one sentence
If you know and use it properly, it will remain in your heart.

People's interest in 'copying', which involves copying sentences from a book, is hotter than ever.
At the heart of the writing craze is the desire to live a better life than we have now.
Perhaps it is the desire to "change," such as the belief that if you memorize good sentences, you will become a better person, or that you will use a more colorful vocabulary, that makes people imitate good sentences.
This type of writing craze has been going on for centuries.
In the past, scholars in the East would read scriptures, select the parts that would be helpful to their lives, and copy them down by hand.
For mankind, writing was a tool to cultivate one's life.

"Philosophical Sentences for Controlling the Turmoil of the Mind" is a book that selects 140 pieces of wisdom and proverbs from among the representative philosophies of the East that are essential for us living in the modern era.
No matter how good a sentence is, if I don't understand it properly, it's difficult to fully incorporate it into my life.
The author translated the original texts of eight classics, from the Analects of Confucius to the Book of Changes, into Korean, and added a second explanation of the meaning of the sentences at the bottom.
This is the only Korean-language commentary book in Korea, containing the author's keen insight into the present era, including commentary on old expressions, the origins of idioms, and the author's keen insight into the present era.


Still shining after 2,500 years
Adult Insights
“You can’t love someone just by keeping them in your heart.”
- Mozi, "The Book of Changes"

“The slender make the strong and strong soft, but people only try to make them sharp and sharp.”
- 『Zhuangzi』 〈Zaiyou〉

“When Heaven is about to give a man a great task, it must first torment his mind and will, make his bones and muscles toil, starve his body and skin, make his life impoverished, and distort and disturb everything he does.
The reason for doing so is to change the mind, to temper the temper, and to supplement and complement what is lacking.”
- 『Mencius』 (Gaozi, Part 1)

Reading classics, even though they were written a long time ago, is full of wisdom that we need today, surprising the reader.
Mozi's words remind us once again that things like love, respect, and excellence are truly meaningful when expressed in action rather than words.
Zhuangzi's words make me reflect on whether my attitude was sharp or whether it was none other than 'myself' who made my life difficult.
When we are so miserable that we feel as if heaven has abandoned us, Mencius's words comfort us.
The sentences of philosophy, which sometimes offer comfort like a friend and sometimes teach like a teacher, willingly become our compass in life whenever we lose our way.

Only peaceful silence
Calm the whirlwind of emotions

Since my state of mind changes every day, the sentences I need to read and write each day also change.
This book introduces one philosophical thought for each day of the week.
On Mondays, I copy passages from the Analects of Confucius, which provides the focus for the week; on Tuesdays, I copy passages from the Mencius, which fills my empty heart; and on Wednesdays, I copy passages from the Doctrine of the Mean and the Great Learning, which restore my exhausted mind.
On Thursday, I copy sentences from 『Han Feizi』, which provides a glimpse into human relationships and wisdom of life, on Friday, I copy sentences from 『Mozi』, which represents the spirit of universal love, on Saturday, I copy sentences from 『Zhuangzi』, which reminds me of peace of mind, and on Sunday, I copy sentences from 『I Ching Ji Shi Zhuan』, which helps me move forward to a better tomorrow.


The author of this book is a scholar of Eastern philosophy and a calligrapher.
Whenever my mind was in turmoil, I looked for the words of Eastern philosophers and wrote down in calligraphy, one by one, the words that touched my heart.
He explained why he reads and writes every day:
“If you copy someone else’s writing, you will be able to copy the meaning contained in the writing as well.
“Once you get used to copying meaning, you can write your own without having to look at someone else’s writing.”

There is a passage in the 『Zhuangzi』 that describes the human heart as something that cannot be restrained by being angry or boastful.
It is human nature for a good mood from yesterday to turn bad overnight.
This is true not only of other people's hearts but also of my own.
Emotional changes are natural, but if we don't try to understand the reasons for the changes, it is no different from neglecting our lives.
The more noisy the world is and the more I feel like I have no time to spare in life, the more I need to listen to my heart.
To prevent the noise of life from spreading to the noise of the mind, you must be able to have a deep conversation with your mind.
The life of such a person becomes long on its own.
If you're going through a storm of turbulent emotions, if you want to move forward to a better tomorrow, why not take some time for peaceful silence by following the wisdom of our ancestors?