Do Not Love Comfort

Confucius said, "The scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar." It's not one of those made-up Confucius say sayings, this one he really said. It's true. To delight in the truth (also Confucius) is greater than loving or knowing the truth. However. If you delight in the truth you must allow a little bit of discomfort. That means sleeping less than 12 hours a night, not gorging yourself with food, and not relaxing on the sofa all the time.

This is not me saying these things, it's Confucius's quotes. He did not have sofas in his time though. Or did he? Either way, wisdom is not free. It takes hard work. It takes work to meditate when you're feeling lazy, and it takes work to ask real questions. It takes work to study a little bit extra, and to wake up early. It takes restraint to not eat that extra snack that would otherwise slow you down and waste time. We don't have a lot of time on this Earth. People may think that means you should party and live for now, and maybe, but it also means trying to know. Don't we all want to know?