Here is a proverb my friend provided on keeping a normal heart. She learned it from her political teacher in her middle school.

Proverb:

The followings are Original script, Phonetic script, Transliteration, and Full translation in order.

水            能          载         舟，          亦          能       覆            舟。

Shui       neng      zai     zhou,           yi         neng     fu          zhou.

Water    can        float    boat,         also       can    capsize    boat.

Water can float the boat, but also can capsize the boat.

Thoughts:

This proverb was originally a warning the famous philosopher Xunzi gave to a King. He used the water as metaphor of the people and the boat of King’s authority. It is later used to describe that everything has a positive side and a negative side, so one must handle things carefully.

This proverb shows how the proverb can originally targeting one specific event, but later is re-comprehended and now can have a more general meaning.