1. The so-called freedom is not to do as one pleases, but to dominate oneself.

2. Three things help ease the toil of life: hope, sleep and smile. ?

3. There are only two things in the world that can deeply shock our hearts. One is the vast and brilliant starry sky above our heads, and the other is the lofty moral law in our hearts.

4. The busier we are, the more strongly we feel that we are alive and the more aware we are of the existence of our lives.

5. The morality of an action does not depend on its results, but only on the intention behind the action.

6. The one who is above me is the bright starry sky; the moral law is in my heart.

7. Being angry is using other people’s mistakes to punish yourself.

8. Now that I have set foot on this path, nothing should prevent me from walking along this path.

9. Conscience is the instinct to judge oneself according to moral principles. It is not just an ability; it is an instinct.

10. Freedom is not about letting you do whatever you want. Freedom is about teaching you not to do anything if you don’t want to do it.

11. What a person says must be true, but he does not need to tell everything he knows.

12. The more deliberately a person wants to obtain comfort and happiness in life, the less likely this person will be to be truly satisfied.

13. If a person has no confidence, he will not want to get up the next day.

14. If you try your best and still get nothing, all that is left is good will. Just like a sleeping gem, it emits dazzling light and has value within itself. .

15. What determines whether we are rich is not the things we have, but the things we can do without.

16. Honesty is better than all wisdom, and it is the basic condition for wisdom.

17. Beauty is happiness without purpose.

18. A person’s shortcomings come from his era, but his virtue and greatness belong to himself.

19. Anyone who does not immediately feel disgusted when encountering immoral things, and does not immediately feel joy when encountering good things, has no sense of morality, and such a person has no conscience. Anyone who does something immoral and is only afraid of being sentenced, who does not blame himself for his bad behavior, but is frightened by the thought of painful consequences, has no conscience, but only the appearance of conscience.

20. A glass of water is clear, but the sea water is black. Just as small truths can be explained, the real big truths are silent.

21. Morality is indeed not a dogma that guides people on how to make themselves happy, but a doctrine that guides people on how to deserve happiness.

22. Enlightenment is when a person emerges from a state of guardianship that he has brought upon himself. A warded state is a state in which one cannot use one's own reason without the guidance of others. If this state of guardianship is due not to a lack of reason but to a lack of determination and courage to use one's reason without the guidance of others, it is self-inflicted.

23. The most taboo thing about beauty is making people disgusted, and what is far from sublime is making people laugh. Therefore, the most painful thing for a man is when you call him incompetent, and the most painful thing for a woman is when you call her ugly.

24. If there is no sufficient reason to refuse a child's request, he should be satisfied; if there is a reason not to agree to such a request, he should not be allowed to cheat. Once you say no, don't change.

25. The reason why the sea is great is that in addition to its beauty, magnificence, and magnanimity, it also has a self-purifying function.