To understand this sentence, we must understand it from the premise and conclusion.

The first is the premise: the truth of life often brings tears rather than pleasure.

In fact, the growth experience of many of us is the process of constantly revising stereotyped book cognition with personal life practice. Because of the traditional view, books should promote positive values ??and "positive energy", so the negative things in life will be deliberately hidden and not allowed to be exposed to innocent children through books.

So many well-protected children who lack life practice will have a kind of innocence and enthusiasm for life, thinking that the true nature of the world is beautiful, the essence of human nature is beautiful, and people Be friendly to others, people's hearts are always good, justice always defeats evil, etc.

But this is actually just the ideal state that people have been pursuing, and it is far from real life.

There are many dark sides in real life, and this objective existence does not automatically disappear just because you don’t like it or intentionally avoid it. Given the choice, most people may choose to stay away from these negative things, just like "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen", turning a blind eye can be at ease.

But doing so is somewhat self-deceptive, because such a psychological basis is still a child's "non-acknowledgment" of reality, and it has no effect on changing negative reality.

So, the premise of heroism is not to avoid the truth of the world or life, not to avoid those unbearable dark facts - first accept the world as it is, and then you can develop tough nerves.

In this sentence, it means "recognize the truth of life".

The second is the conclusion: Even if you know the dark side of the world, you still insist on working hard to introduce light.

This is still a question of whether to avoid it or not. Some people vaguely know that the truth of life is very unpleasant, and do not want their souls to be poisoned, so they consciously or unconsciously choose to cover their ears and pretend to be invisible and unable to hear, so that the dirty truth can pretend that it does not exist.

And some people passively understand the unbearable side of the world without any mental preparation. This kind of "truth" that goes against the bright education they have received since childhood often easily destroys the faith of the weak-willed, and their faith collapses. Later, some people will deny everything, deny themselves, deny life, and use denial to achieve the purpose of self-protection.

At the very least, it means that I can no longer ignite faith and enthusiasm for life. In fact, the essence is still escape.

Heroism means not changing one's own will or diminishing one's passion and love regardless of the nature of the other person or the "truth" one has learned. This is "still loving life after recognizing the truth."

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This is a familiar saying from "Michelangelo" by the famous French writer and Nobel Prize winner Romain Rolland. But it can only be regarded as a free translation. The literal translation is probably like this: There is only one kind of heroism in the world, and that is to face the truth of the world and love it.

The current version of this sentence confuses "world" with "life", but the impact is not great. After all, ordinary people are more concerned about their own lives or the days of this life, rather than the vast and small world they live in. Although in essence, everyone's life is inseparable from the "truth" of the world in which he lives.