Material and Spirituality

Famous Quotes

A gentleman serves things, and a villain serves things. ——Xunzi's "Honor and Disgrace"

"As long as money can solve an individual's life, it will be enough. If there is too much, it will become a scourge that curbs human talents." ——Nobel

“When you have one hundred million dollars, you will understand that money is just a symbol” - Bill Gates.

People cannot survive without money, and it is impossible to live in the present without pursuing any material things at all. However, people do not live for money or material things.

Any bird with gold on its wings can no longer fly high. ——Tagore

Human beings do not have a good understanding of their wealth, nor their strength: for the former, people believe in it as an omnipotent thing; for the latter, people But he doesn’t regard him as a colleague, and he lacks confidence in his own strength - Bacon

It’s better to eat without meat than live without bamboo. No meat makes you thin, and no bamboo makes you vulgar. People who are thin can still gain weight, but scholars and common people cannot cure it. ——Su Shi, Song Dynasty, "Yu Qian Monk Luyun Pavilion"

Free men used thatched huts as their living quarters, while slaves lived under marble and gold - Seneca

Example

1. In 1950, American writer Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature for "The Sound and the Fury". However, at this time, he had already been dragged down by money and lost his creative ability. Faulkner was not good at managing money, and his wife advocated luxury, so his financial situation was in a mess. In order to pay off his debts, he had to sign a contract with the wealthy Hollywood to write scripts for them. Although he gained abundant income, he lost precious freedom.

2. After the American novelist Jack London wrote "Martin Eden", he became famous and made a lot of money. He not only built a villa in California, but also purchased a luxury yacht on the Atlantic Ocean. Then, when he had all this, boredom, emptiness, loss and boredom followed one after another. In the end, he was driven crazy by the guests brought by the money, and shooting himself became his way to escape.

3. On April 28, 2010, "China's First Spiritual Rich List" was announced at the Centennial Lecture Hall of Peking University. Yuan Longping, the famous Chinese scientist and "the father of hybrid rice", undoubtedly topped the "China's First Spiritual Rich List". The organizer commented on him: "He changed the world with a seed; the material wealth he created can only be described in two words - priceless. But he himself still works hard in the fields and is indifferent to fame and fortune. , true to oneself. As a farmer, he walks in the fields of the soul, harvesting the fragrance of the soil. There is the oldest code for the rise of a nation." When he learned that he was ranked among the "China's First Soul Rich List". Afterwards, Yuan Longping still said with a generous smile: "For me, I have been on too many ranking lists, and I have lost interest in various rankings, but I only value this ranking list. Because, the organizer gave me This comment is a more accurate summary of my life. Although wealth can be measured by the amount of money, it is not that simple to make the soul truly rich. Therefore, I am deeply pleased with this ranking. ."

Good Quotes

1. Material civilization and spiritual civilization are like a pair of wings of a bird. If one wing is broken, the bird cannot fly. It is good for a country to have abundant material wealth, but if the qualities, beliefs, thoughts, morals and other spiritual civilization factors of its citizens are not sufficient, then the citizens of this country are just a group of bugs living in a palace of sand sculptures, and can be destroyed at any time. wipe out. So in a sense, the construction of spiritual civilization is often more important. Healing the soul is more valuable than healing the body. Of course, specific issues must be analyzed in detail. If a person is seriously ill, of course we need to treat the disease first. It would be ridiculous to give up treatment and talk about moral integrity for him.

2. When people walk in the world, there are three levels. The first is secular affairs, such as interpersonal entertainment and the like; the second is career, people always have to do things, and doing things requires success; the third is aesthetics, and aesthetics is extremely important. In addition to firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, life also needs music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and wine. The philosopher Arnold once said: "Poetry saves the world." If you do these three things well, your body and mind will be in harmony. In life, many people only stay at the first or second level. Without aesthetics and spiritual aesthetic pleasure, it is difficult to enrich and purify the heart. Many people lament that life is short. In fact, it is bitter because life is not an aesthetic life, and short because the soul has no spiritual home.

Light and Shadow

Quotes

“We rarely think of darkness when it is bright, disaster when we are happy, and pain when we are comfortable, but on the contrary, The idea of ????coming over often appears. ——Kant

A blessing in disguise

People outside the city want to rush in, and people in the city want to rush out —— Qian Zhong.

In the course of life, adversities are generally ranked at sixteen or seven, and good times are also at thirteen or four. However, good times and bad times are often seen as multipliers, no matter how big or small they are, there must be several or even ten times. The second is resistance. Although the resistance may be large or small, it is inevitable to avoid it.

"——Liang Qichao's "On Perseverance"

Examples

1. Solzhenitsyn's life was full of ups and downs. He was forced to do a labor camp for 8 years because of his disrespect for Stalin. He was awarded the Khrushchev Film Festival for his debut novel. He rose to fame after his husband personally published his comments, and he went into exile for 20 years because of the Nobel Prize in Literature. After returning to China in his later years, he was criticized for his criticism of Yeltsin and his praise of Putin. Whether he was praised or criticized, he was always just for "Justice" speaks, waving the "war pen", and prescribing "good prescriptions" for the future of the country

2. Zhao Mengfu failed to realize his official ambitions in his life, so he devoted himself passionately to art. , emotions were sublimated in art, and he wrote a gorgeous chapter for the history of Chinese art. He inherited the Tang and Song dynasties and inspired the Ming and Qing dynasties, becoming an important figure that marked the course of Chinese art throughout the ages. There are mixed reviews and criticisms according to the actual personality, but there is no doubt that he boldly innovated on the basis of inheriting the fine culture of the sages and promoted the development of literati painting in the Yuan Dynasty, opened up a new style of literati painting, became the leader of calligraphy and painting in the Yuan Dynasty, and had a great influence on our country's calligraphy and calligraphy. The art of painting has had a profound impact.

Good Quotes

Precisely because it is safest to lie down alone, there is no shadow of life and no worries about falling and failure. Although the life is the safest, it is also the most ineffective life! When a person stands, there will be shadows and the risk of falling and failure, but a standing life and an enterprising life will welcome us. What is more is light, the joy of pursuing happiness and success. Moreover, you must also understand that when you put light in your supreme position, when you respect and respect light as the most sacred thing in your heart, light will become more important. Nature will illuminate every corner of your life. Only when people have spirit can they be open-minded. "Only the breeze on the river and the bright moon in the mountains can be heard by the ears and colored by the eyes." Su Zi said. Despite the sewage thrown at him by the officialdom and the literary world, he is still high-spirited and "a companion to fish and shrimps, but a friend to elk", which shows his open-mindedness.

Individuals and groups

Famous Quotes

“Human beings are not as strong as oxen and cannot walk as well as horses, but oxen and horses are useful, so why? Said: People can be grouped together, but others cannot be grouped together. ”—— >

Anyone who thinks he is a saint or a buried genius will have a sad fate if he is separated from the collective. The collective can always improve you and make you stand firm. - Auster. Lovesky

The individual is equal to the cells of the body to society. For a person to be healthy, it goes without saying that every cell must be healthy - Wen Yiduo

A single person is weak. Powerless, like Robinson Crusoe, he can accomplish many things only with others - Schopenhauer

Man cannot live alone, he needs society - Goethe

We know that individuals are weak, but we also know that the whole is strength - Marx

Example

1. When commenting on the "Win in China" reality show competition. As a contestant, Alibaba founder Jack Ma said: "You are very kind, very passionate, very humorous, and can tell a lot of stories, but when your team leaves you, you have to think of one thing, we We need Lei Feng, but we cannot let him wear patched clothes on the streets. It is important to let them share success with you.

2. The Nobel Prize does not recognize collective achievements. Glenn Hansen, Secretary of the Nobel Prize Organizing Committee, explained when awarding the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Chinese medical scientist Tu Youyou, “After all, individuals make discoveries, not organizations. In In an era when organizations and institutions have become more important and powerful, it has become more and more important to identify individuals who are truly creative and have changed the world." This is also the second time that the award has been awarded following the Lasker Award for Medicine four years ago. The award is given to an individual who played a decisive role in artemisinin research.

3. A Boeing 747 passenger aircraft requires more than ten thousand parts, most of which come from many companies around the world, especially Singapore and South Korea. China also provides the aircraft's balance tail.

4. Japan’s “Spinach Principle”

Spinach is indispensable on the Japanese table. They even call a corporate organizational principle the “Spinach Principle.” This principle consists of three basic points, namely "reporting", "liaison" and "communication". "The "Spinach Principle" is a basic principle of Japanese companies. Every employee, from the director to the president, must implement this principle without exception. The so-called reporting means informing colleagues of the progress of their work at any time, such as returning from a business trip. In the company, you must report what you see and hear; what you gain when you go out must be shared with all colleagues. Liaison means informing relevant colleagues of the problems you are currently encountering. If you encounter a traffic jam on the way to work and may be late, you have to call to tell them. Colleague, when can you come to the company? Communication means that when you encounter problems at work, you must consult your colleagues or your boss and solve them with collective wisdom.

The "Spinach Principle" refers to the relationship between individuals and organizations. The principle of coordination. This principle in Japan is the product of its educational system and educational ideas.

In the Japanese concept, the purpose of education is not to cultivate elites, but to cultivate coordinated people who can adapt to the harsh collective life. This kind of education runs through a basic point, which is to cultivate qualified citizens. This kind of people have the same upbringing and the same beliefs.

Good Quotes

A Western philosopher once said: "The danger faced by mankind is not disaster or misfortune, but indifference." There were endless quarrels at the Copenhagen Conference. Regardless of the harsh environment of the world, just care about one's own country. Economic development; but the Six Kingdoms perished, "not Qin, but the Six Kingdoms", wasn't it also because the Six Kingdoms did not care about the life or death of other countries and eventually perished? In Lu Xun's works, the indifferent spectators and the cheering people beside the execution platform are painted with a thick black in the dark era, shrouding the light. Selfish human nature makes human beings have the indifference of "nothing to do with themselves, just hang up high". People shout "Don't worry about the frost on other people's tiles", then they turn a blind eye to little Yueyue, they sneer at the girl who jumped from the building, and they treat the girl who fell. The old man turned a blind eye.

It is not a boring practice to take care of other people's tiles, but a responsibility to society, to others, and to oneself. A care and support lead to waves of surging emotions.

Rules and Freedom

Quotes

You can choose the road and way to cross the desert, so you are free; you must cross this desert, so you It’s not free again. ——Kafka

Those who do not give freedom to others should not be free themselves. And they cannot remain free for long under the rule of a just God. ——Lincoln

Freedom that is not restricted at all does have many harms and dangers. ——Krylov

Freedom is to do everything permitted by the law——Montesquieu

People often call willfulness freedom, but willfulness is just Irrational freedom, human choice and self-determination are not due to the rationality of the will, but to accidental motivation and the dependence of this motivation on the perceptual external world. ——Hegel

We must maintain discipline, otherwise everything will fall into the mire——Marx

Example

A woman in Jiangsu has studied by herself for many years and applied for the exam. Graduate examination, but was refused entry to the examination room because he only brought his ID card. The woman knelt down twice in front of the invigilator to no avail, and the incident sparked heated discussion in society.

Good Quotes

1. There is no circle without rules. A society without rules is a mess. We are no longer a pre-civilized era. Today, with increasing material and spiritual affluence, we need rules to regulate people's behavior. Without rules, it is like there is no yardstick of fairness and justice, and what will follow must be chaos that is difficult to control. The rules are regardless of age or status. Otherwise, how can we talk about social fairness? In the face of rules, everyone must obey them unconditionally. Because only rules can truly protect one's own rights and interests. When rules collide with human sentiments, rules will definitely prevail. People often say that "the law is ruthless, but people are sentimental" and "you must learn to be flexible in doing things." However, in the face of rules, all sentiments turn into ruthlessness. Society has set strict rules and regulations, and everyone needs to abide by them, because only rules can maintain the proper order. There are examination rules for exams, competition rules for competitions, traffic rules for traveling, rules for doing things, and codes of conduct for being a human being... There are rules everywhere in life. Only by abiding by the rules can we enjoy life better, safeguard our own rights and interests, and safeguard society. order.

2. Kites are very free and can soar between the sky and the earth. They fly steadily, unlike swallows, which can stay in the air. There is a string attached to the kite. The kite string allows the kite to fly smoothly under the traction of the spool and prevent it from flying away. However, when the line is pulled too tight, the kite will be like a headless fly, aimlessly dashing left and right; without the traction of the line at all, the unbalanced kite will quickly fall from the sky. fall down. The freedom of a kite is based on the restraint and traction of the line. The so-called moderate freedom is to keep things at a balanced point, not too much or too little. If there is too much string, the kite will not be able to fly due to insufficient wind power; if there is too little string, the kite will not be able to fly into the sky under the influence of the wind. A kite without strings is even worse. This is a metaphor for our attitude towards freedom in life, that is, we should neither restrain ourselves excessively nor indulge ourselves excessively, nor should we regard restraint as the natural enemy of freedom and abandon it completely. In life, facing anything, you need to have a balanced heart and a healthy mentality, so that you can gain true freedom.

Useful and Useless

Famous Quotes

Cherish the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, slightly less literary talent; Shooting the Giant Eagle with a Bow - Mao Zedong

Everyone knows the use of useful things, but no one knows the use of useless things. The use of useless things is of great use. ——Zhuangzi

Compared with science, literature is indeed of little use, but the usefulness of literature may be its uselessness. ——Mo Yan

I would rather lose India than lose Shakespeare. ——Churchill

“Economy can make people rich, but only art can bring dignity.

"——Yu Qiuyu

Example

1. During the Second World War, at the critical moment when the country was destroyed and the capital was destroyed, Stalin delivered a speech at the snowy Red Square military parade: "No more There is no nation as proud as ours. The enemy wants to destroy the Slavic nation, and wants to destroy our nation, which has Pushkin, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Tchaikovsky? "This is how Stalin called on the Red Army and the people to go to the front line. This is unimaginable in China. It is absolutely impossible for us to say that we are the descendants of Cao Xueqin, Li Bai, and Du Fu, and let us go to the front line to kill the enemy, right?

2. Take the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Japanese scientist Osamu Shimomura, American scientist Martin Schalfi and Chinese-American scientist Qian Yongjian, for their contributions to the discovery and research of green fluorescent protein It is worth mentioning here that one of the winners, the 80-year-old Japanese scientist Osamu Shimomura, was very interested in jellyfish and diligently conducted observation and research in 1962. He discovered fluorescent proteins from a kind of jellyfish. At that time, some people thought that what was the use of studying jellyfish and fluorescent proteins? Therefore, for a long time, his research results were not valued, not recognized, and there were no resources... But he was determined to do so. Later, Martin Schalfi took over. He continued his research and discovered that green fluorescent protein itself can emit light; Qian Yongjian has made many achievements in researching and transforming green fluorescent protein. Today, green fluorescent protein "has become one of the most important tools in modern biological science." With the help of artificial intelligence, researchers can see a new world that was previously unseen, including the development process of brain nerve cells and the spread of cancer cells.

3. The oak tree became a sacred tree because it was useless. , lived happily for centuries; because of its usefulness, the catalpa tree became a ghost under the sword and was cut down ruthlessly year after year. This is the misfortune brought by usefulness and the luck brought by uselessness. < /p>

4. The central square of Saratov is named after Chernyshevsky, an outstanding writer, thinker and literary critic. Skorina Street in Belarus was originally named Lenin Street and was renamed after Belarus became independent. It is named after the white writer and poet Franzisk Skorina; Harvard University is named after John Harvard, the scholar, founder of the university and main donor of the school's construction costs; the all-steel structure weighs 10,000 tons and is high The 320-meter large iron tower built in 1889 is named after the French architect Eiffel. Many of our literary artists have not been given their due place in Beijing and Shanghai, and we cannot find them in those prosperous areas. It is rare to see any statue of a great poet or writer with a square, street or building named after them.

5. When Qi Baishi settled in Beijing at the age of 55, the streets were deserted and the paintings were busy. Later, he learned from Wu Changshuo and opened up a new field of freehand painting. He called himself the "Three Hundred Stone Seal Rich Man" and started from Ding and Huang of the Qing Dynasty. The spirit of "let nature take its course". Shiraishi's swordsmanship also has the "usefulness" gained from "useless labor". He has been a carpenter for decades and has developed extraordinary wrist strength, which makes his luck with metal and stone dripping with joy. . Someone once said that Baishi's seals have "carpenter spirit", and Baishi made a seal: "Lu Ban's disciples". From carving carpenters to epigraphers, they are like digging out rocks to get clear springs. They not only have patience, but also wisdom. . But the most fortunate thing is that they see the usefulness in the useless. Sometimes, useless and useful are even the same thing.

Good Quotes

Uselessness is transparent and invisible, and their value can only be reflected "if they do not exist". As Zhuangzi said to Zi, the useful part of the earth for human beings is only a small piece that can be stepped on. From this, the earth is useless, but if only a small piece of the earth is left to be stepped on, the rest will be dug up. If we dig straight to the underworld, then human beings will become an isolated island. How can we walk poetically and live freely? On the pyramid of human life, the base is used for useless purposes. The higher you go up, the more useful functions become more obvious. As humans move up step by step in the continuous progress and development of society, they gradually forget about the useless use on the base and treat it. He scoffed, but never thought that if the base no longer existed, people would fall to pieces.

Luck and misfortune

Quotes

Generally speaking, different misfortunes create happiness. Therefore, the more frequent misfortunes happen, the better it is. ——Voltaire

Be full of hope in the face of misfortune, and do not forget to worry in the face of good luck, so that you can bear the blessings and misfortunes calmly. ——Horace's "Songbook"

Misfortune is the ladder of promotion for genius, the baptismal water for believers, and the bottomless abyss for the weak.

The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to look for light. ——Gu Cheng

Only by going through hellish training can one develop the power to create heaven; only by bleeding fingers can the swan song of the world be played——Tagore

I firmly believe Everyone has his own joy and pain, luck and misfortune. It's just that some people have more of this part, and some people have more of that part. There are very few people who are exactly 50/50, who are absolutely clear-cut. And these two parts can be transformed, it depends on your ability to digest them.

——Bi Shumin

When Heaven is about to entrust this person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions, so he is tempted to endure. , gain what it cannot.

Misfortune is like a kind of exercise. On the one hand, it consumes a lot of physical energy, but on the other hand, it strengthens the body and bones.

Example

There are two attitudes towards misfortune, one is to actively welcome it, and the other is to passively endure it. In ancient times, Spartan youths were forced by customs to endure flogging on the altar every year to enhance their endurance in enduring pain. This had both active and passive factors.

Good Quotes

1. People who take the initiative to welcome misfortune tend to be calm when enduring misfortune and pain. Misfortune sharpens their edge like a sword; those who accept misfortune passively When people are tormented by misfortune, their hearts are filled with panic. Misfortune makes them like pebbles getting smoother.

2. Too much misfortune may be a blessing for a hero. Just as Mencius said: "When heaven is going to assign a great responsibility to a man, he must first work hard for his will and muscles, His skin is hungry, his body is empty, and his behavior is disturbed, so he is tempted to endure and gain what he cannot."

3. As far as life is concerned, there is always little benefit from being flat. , The lessons learned from misfortune are more; the lessons learned from flatness are shallow, and the lessons learned from misfortune are profound... Therefore, if you want to be a very ordinary person, it is better to have less misfortunes; if you want to be an outstanding person, People might as well experience more misfortune.

Unfortunately can make people excellent. If you want to be excellent and avoid misfortune, it is almost impossible for such a thing to happen.