1. The scorching sun and autumn frost are both powerful and harmful. What are you going to give as parting words? You must be very successful as a human being.
——Wu Qian of the Song Dynasty
2. The way to be a human being is to take integrity as the foundation for self-reliance and respect and forgiveness as the foundation for cultivating one’s character.
——Zeng Guofan
3. If you have serious thoughts about being a person and light thoughts about being an official, then misfortunes and blessings will not be enough to tempt you. If you have heavy thoughts about being an official but light thoughts about being a human being, reputation and reputation will often be enough to lower your ambitions.
——Zeng Guofan
4. When it comes to profit, you want people to be gentlemen, and I will be a villain; when it comes to fame, you want people to be villains, and I am a gentleman. This is so confusing. The sages give up their profits and their reputations, so they are indifferent and do not follow the world.
——Zeng Guofan
5. You must know that being in the world is like being in battle, and ultimately wanting to be a human being is like writing poetry.
——Hu Shi
6. Doing things should be beneficial to the world, and people should seek peace of mind.
——Pan Shengyi
7. When you are an official, you should be like an orchid, with fragrance flowing everywhere; when you are a human being, you should be like a pine, and your appearance will not change in the cold weather.
——Hong Yilin
8. Morality is the foundation of being a human being.
——Tao Xingzhi
9. Of course, writing is necessary, but the most important thing is to be a human being.
——Ye Shengtao
10. Self-cultivation-exercising oneself is the most fundamental requirement of being a human being.
——Yang Jiang
11. Being a human being is like a candle. It has some heat and some light, giving people light and warmth.
——Xiao Chunu
12. When a person lives in this world, he must first be a good person, and secondly, he must not spoil other people’s bad habits.
——Wang Xiaobo
13. Only by keeping your eyes low and your hands high can you have peace of mind.
——Sanmao
14. People are human beings, and there is no need to deliberately be a human being;
——Chi Li
15. Being a person is like water and doing things is like a mountain. As a person, try to go as low as possible and let others go. When encountering benefits and reputation, retreat as far as possible and give it to yourself. Leave room for bigger things. You must have your own opinions and goals when doing things. Only by standing there like a mountain can you get things done.
——Yu Minhong
16. You can break the rules of the game by doing things, but you must respect the rules of the game as a person.
——Li Houlin
17. As a person, you must learn to be in awe, do what you must and do not do, and do things as if you are facing an abyss or walking on thin ice.
——Feng Tang
18. Being an ordinary person is the most enjoyable life.
——Yu Qiuyu
19. Be a person first, do things later.
——Niu Gensheng
20. Be honest and do things in a down-to-earth manner.
——Shi Yuxia
21. Keep your head up and do things.
——Chen Hong
22. Live in the sunshine and do things in the wind and rain.
——Wu Xiuqiong
23. To be a human being, don’t do things, and to do things, don’t be a human being.
——Yu Shiwei
24. Only if there is a fire in a person's heart, can light and heat be released. If there is a piece of ice stored in the heart, it will still be zero even if it melts.
——"The Way of Being a Man and Being in the World"
25. Be yourself and think that others have already done it.
——Oscar Wilde
26. It is better to be a smart fool than to be a stupid smart person.
——Shakespeare
27. Human freedom lies not only in doing what he is willing to do, but in never doing what he is unwilling to do.
——Rousseau
28. Staying healthy is a human responsibility.
——Spinall
29. Don’t bother others with things you can do yourself.
——Leo Tolstoy
30. As long as you believe that you are doing the right thing, don’t care what others say.
——Dale Carnegie