“Keeping other people’s flaws in mind is like keeping a bowl of foul-smelling food they have given you; it contaminates your heart, leaving no room for positive thoughts.”

—  Jun Hong Lu

Quotes from Words of Wisdoms Vol.2

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別人的缺點,如果你記住, 就猶如人家給你一碗爛菜, 你放在心中,心能不臭嗎?

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