The journey to peace and happiness is a process of letting go of attachments. To do this, open your heart up and surrender to life, but we cannot do this on certain occasions or situations, our surrender must be constant and genuine all the time.
Knowledge is more than accessing or processing information. One should never stop learning, never stop exploring, never stop going on adventures. Be like the explorers of old. The learning they experienced for themselves will always surpass those who merely read about their exploits.
If you want to become a better person, study that which serves the nature of life, and then offer it to the world. If you study with devotion, and do so wholeheartedly, all things in the universe will be in harmony and everything in your life will reflect this practice.
In an unstable situation, if you are humble and gentle, you are able to gain peoples support and their trust. The ancients believed that humility and gentleness were the basic moral qualities that you should posses, but they do not equate with inferiority or weakness.
Quote: You are that which you create, and you create that which you are.