1. If you are not humble, you can only defend yourself in this way: a lack of humility means a lack of insight.

2. Comrades must be enabled to continue to maintain a style of modesty, prudence, and neither arrogance nor impetuosity; comrades must be enabled to continue to maintain a style of hard work.

3. Pride cannot last long, desire cannot be indulged, happiness cannot be extreme, and ambition cannot be fulfilled.

4. Among our various habits, none is as difficult as overcoming pride. Although we try our best to hide it, overcome it, and eliminate it, no matter what, it still emerges unconsciously.

5. The shallower the knowledge, the deeper the confidence.

6. Being complacent every minute and every second, you stop absorbing life and excreting life in this minute and second. Only by accepting criticism can all the dregs of the spirit be excreted. Only by absorbing the opinions of others can new spiritual nourishment be added.

7. Once we achieve something, we cannot be like a ball that cannot be hit by others. It can jump as high as a tap. The greater your achievements, the more modest and cautious you must be.

8. It is not good to humble oneself but respect others, and it is also not good to respect oneself but humble others.

9. The enemy of learning is your own satisfaction. If you want to study something seriously, you must start from being dissatisfied. We should adopt this attitude towards ourselves, "never tired of learning" and "never tired of teaching" towards others.

10. Scientific conceit can only be considered modest compared to ignorant conceit.

11. True humility can only be the product of thoughtful consideration of vanity.

12. A proud person is bound to be jealous, and he will be most jealous of those who are most praised for their virtues.

13. Kindness and humility are two qualities that should never be disliked.

14. It is really bad to brag and boast before something is done.

15. The most blind obedience is the only virtue left by slaves.

16. Those who rely on the greatness of the country, are proud of the people, and want to show their power to the enemy are called arrogant soldiers.

17. If I have seen farther than others, it is not just standing on the shoulders of giants.

18. He who empties himself advances into the foundation of virtue.

19. A ruler is shorter; an inch is longer. Things are lacking; wisdom is unclear.

20. If a person counts what he learned from others as his own discovery, this is also very close to arrogance.