"Human intelligence, capable of measuring the heavens and the earth, knowing the eclipses of the sun and moon, and calculating the degrees of the stars, seems vast. Yet, upon closer examination, humans cannot even fully control the growth of a single hair or the cause of a single breath. This shows that human wisdom is limited, while God's wisdom is boundless. Only through humility and submission can one enter the gate of the true path."
"Human life is like a traveler temporarily staying at an inn, soon to embark on another journey. Worldly wealth, glory, palaces, and status are all like fleeting clouds in the sky or bubbles on the water, vanishing in an instant. Only by accumulating virtue and doing good deeds, and obeying God's commandments, can one's merits enter the eternal heavenly realm with one's soul—this is true wealth."
— Ferdinand Verbiest
Source: Introduction to the Doctrine of the Meaning: Before and After Life
Doing good, eternity, wealth, and the human world.
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