1. Life itself is the method, and life itself is the purpose.

2. Be aware of the dignity of human nature and have self-respect, be aware of the insignificance of oneself and be self-effacing. Self-respect and self-humility are one, so the law and heaven are healthy and self-improving.

3. When artists write about personal emotions, they cannot live in this emotion at the same time. They must objectify it and must retreat from the subject position of the taster to the guest position. of viewers. Most people cannot look at their personal experiences from a distance, so no matter how deep their emotions are and how rich their experiences are, they cannot create art.

4. Everything that is hard to ask for is perfect, and everything that can be achieved is normal.

5. Energy must be vented. If you don’t vent it in sports and art that are beneficial to your body and mind, you can vent it in playing cards, smoking, drinking, and visiting brothels that are harmful to your body and mind.

6. Memoirs are mainly books for chewing. Although they are fragments, they are the crystallization of long-term cultivation. Readers must have a good understanding of them, have experience and understanding in their hearts, in order to absorb their benefits. They are not after-dinner pastimes, nor are they serious “perseverance” exercises.

7. Innate endowment is just potential. If you want potential to become a reality, you have to fake it. ...For a seed to germinate into a tree, blossom and bear fruit, most of it depends on human power, no matter how excellent its talent is.

8. The purpose of education is to inspire the instincts of seeking knowledge, thinking well, and loving beauty inherent in human nature, so that they can develop as much as possible. The highest life ideal of Chinese Confucianism is "to fulfill one's nature". They said: "If you can fulfill the nature of people, you can fulfill the nature of things; if you can fulfill the nature of things, you can participate in the transformation and education of heaven and earth." The purpose of education can be said to be to enable people to "fulfill their nature" and "exploit their inherent nature."

9. Live up to the magnificence of the world and the richness of life, and do not force everyone to follow the same path.

10. The right road is not necessarily a smooth straight road. It will inevitably have twists and turns, rugged obstacles, detours, and even go astray.

11. If you know how to deal with friends, you will know how to deal with others; if you know how to deal with others, you will know how to be a good person. If a person is deficient in his friends, not only will his life not be happy, but it will never be good.

12. Recreation is entertainment, and having no entertainment is of course depression. People who like to have fun in the world, no matter how different their hobbies are, have one thing in common, that is, they all have strong vitality.

13. Many people are always blinded by self-seeing and do not realize it. It is not easy for people to know themselves, just like the eyes cannot see by themselves and the power cannot lift themselves up.

14. Don’t seek the method of life other than life, and don’t seek the purpose of life other than life.

15. In short, sorrow comes from depression, and the way to relieve it is to vent it; depression is caused by stillness, and the way to vent it is to move.

16. The happiest people in the world are not only the most active people, but also the most understanding people. The so-called appreciation is to be able to find interest in life. Just like drinking tea, a thirsty man just swallows it whole mouthful, but a person who knows how to drink tea can sip it carefully and appreciate the flavor.

17. Beauty has a class character, but at the same time, the more essential nature of beauty is human nature, and class character is a part of human nature. This promptly corrects people's misconceptions about beauty.

18. Any work that cannot withstand the elimination of the times is not good. Excellent literary works that you will never tire of reading hundreds of times.

19. Reading a lot does not matter. The most important thing is to choose carefully and read thoroughly.

20. Human thoughts and language are gradually changing from simplicity to richness. The characteristics of essays such as essays are simplicity and meaning. Therefore, ancient people were particularly good at this aspect. Modern people have to write a book. , ancient people only needed a few words to get rid of the problem.