The Metamorphosis of Life

Beginning:

Butterflies break out of their cocoons, and clams produce pearls; their transformations stem from persistence with an unchanged original heart amidst long nights of darkness. Just as Voltaire said: "To succeed in this world, one must persist to the end."

Ending:

Breaking the cocoon to become a butterfly requires lying low for seven hundred days; a grain of sand becoming a pearl requires enduring many cycles of four seasons. Do not rush for immediate success or failure. You only need to work hard in silence, accumulate strength, cultivate with care, and wait quietly for the flowers to bloom.