There are great brave men in the world who are not surprised when something happens suddenly, and are not angry when something happens without reason.

If you do a good thing, you will feel at ease; if you do a bad thing, you will feel ashamed.

Being immersed in the filth without being stained and not being eroded by the sugar-coated bullets of the bourgeoisie is the most valuable revolutionary quality.

It’s not that you can’t see justice, but that you are afraid of seeing justice but not being brave enough.

The journey of a gentleman is to cultivate one’s character through tranquility, and to cultivate one’s virtue through frugality. If it is not indifferent, it will not clear its aspirations, and if it is not peaceful, it will not be far-reaching.

Reason is higher than the heart, and thoughts are more reliable than emotions.

I firmly believe that only virtuous citizens can pay an acceptable salute to their country.

Be poor without flattery, be rich without arrogance.

Knowing shame is close to courage.

Those who are extravagant and lazy will be poor, while those who are powerful and thrifty will be rich.

Don’t be wary of danger in times of peace, avoid extravagance and be frugal; cut down the roots in order to seek luxuriant trees, stop the source in order to have a long flow.

A kind spirit welcomes others, and they are as close as brothers; a bad spirit welcomes others, and it harms the soldiers.

The soil can build a city wall, and the accumulation of virtue can make a solid ground.

The extravagant are in ruins, the thrifty are at peace, one bad thing and one good thing are before their eyes.

Do not do evil because it is small, and do not do good because it is small. Only the virtuous and virtuous can obey others.

Looking back at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was achieved through diligence and frugality, and destruction was achieved through luxury.

Quietness cultivates one’s character, frugality cultivates virtue.