Looking for excuses to cover up your mistakes is an indication that you do not want to change. The process of looking for excuses is detrimental to your true nature. It harms you and leaves your conscience with no place to stay.
任何一个人找理由，就是不想改，找理由就是在破坏自己的本性，伤害自己，让良心找不到地方。
– Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 2
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