Meaningful quotes

Attended a religious class last weekend and the speaker share the below quotes (I did my own translation) which I find it is very meaningful and will like to share with all of you and at the same time remind myself:

1) To pick on somebody's faults just prove that you do not have sufficient 修为。

2) To be angry is punishing yourself for other's mistakes.

3) To love is not about what others do for you but how much you have done for others.

There was also a story that I like to share:

从前有个仙人，他在临走时叫来牛，马，猴，狗和人.他说他会给它们每个多二十年的寿命。牛，马，猴和狗都不要。人却说它们不要的话，全都给我吧。仙人答应了。

所以人在一岁至二十岁都在享福。人在二十岁至四十岁就在做牛做马。人在四十岁后就在做狗。因为孩子大了都常不在家只留父母在家看家想一只狗。人在六十岁就在做猴子。因为他们都得办猴子逗孙子。

Edited on 11 Dec: What a coincidence, my friend forwarded me this story as well which is a english translation.

On the first day, God created the dog and said: 'Sit all day by the door of
your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give
you a life span of twenty years.' The dog said: 'That's a long time to be
barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?' So God
agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said: 'Entertain people, do
tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span.'
The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to
perform. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?' And God agreed .

On the third day, God created the cow and said: 'You must go into the field
with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk
to support the farmer 's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty
years.' The cow said: 'That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty
years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?' And God agreed
again.

On the fourth day, God created humans and said: 'Eat, sleep, play, marry
and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years.' But the human said:
'Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave
back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes
eighty, okay?' 'Okay,' said God, 'You asked for it.'

So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy
ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family.
For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And
for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone. Life has
now been explained to you.

Isn't this a simple reflection of the different phases of our lives?