There is no doubt that belief is a powerful force.

Looking at Che Guevara’s life, he gave up his high-ranking official, generous salary and comfortable life. Regardless of his long-term severe asthma, he went to Congo and Bolivia twice to engage in arduous guerrilla warfare. He was only 2 years old when he died in Bolivia. Thirty-nine years old. Che Guevara never stopped or wavered on the path of exploration and revolution, pursuing freedom, equality, democracy and fighting against injustice until the last moment of his life.

Some people in modern times say that he was an idealist. I think modern Chinese people are too realist. If we can have more idealism on the basis of realism, or more idealists like Che Guevara, maybe social progress will be faster, and the quality and spirit will be improved. Things on this level will be more noble.

Che Guevara’s famous saying:

“Wherever there is imperialism, I will fight against it!”

“Other parts of the world need my dedication. Use my meager strength! ”

It is better to die standing than to live on your knees

I would rather die standing than live on your knees--(He is indeed Being shot while standing)

. We should always have a strong aversion to injustice happening anywhere in the world. That is the most precious quality of a revolutionary.

How can I turn my face away from the suffering of others.

To the best of our ability, when others encounter difficulties, we should lend a helping hand. In the vast late night and helpless early morning, I should understand the anxiety of those people in despair, and I should help them even if I take risks. Because I can't look back in front of other people's pain.

The petty bourgeoisie feel very fashionable when reciting Che Guevara’s famous quotes, but what does Che Guevara represent, I’m afraid not many people know if asked. He represents a great faith and spirit, and he sacrificed his life for his faith.

It is said that after talking to Che Guevara, the Bolivian soldiers and CIA agents who imprisoned him were also moved by his charisma and deeply admired him. The final reason for his sacrifice was of course the instructions from above, and he became an example to others.

Although he failed on the road of exploring revolution, his spirit will always remain immortal and will be admired by countless future generations.

Lawrence of Arabia

Written by Yu Guangzhong

A century and a half ago, an Englishman tried to help a weak nation to resist Turkey, which dominated the Middle and Near East. Empire, he failed. Half a century ago, another British man made the same attempt. With superhuman wisdom, perseverance and physical fitness, he succeeded. The result was the collapse of the Turkish Empire. The former is Byron and the latter is Lawrence of Arabia. There are some similarities between the two: for example, both became famous very early, both died young, both came from famous universities, both were mavericks, and were incompatible with the British gentleman society.

But there is a basic difference between the two. In his private life, Byron was a playboy, indulged in pleasure, self-pity, and good at posturing. Lawrence also has a Narcissus in his heart, but when the great mission comes, his soul can rise to the height of the epic, support his body, and endure the pain and exhaustion that only Superman can bear. The talented Lawrence once translated Homer's epic, but his masterpiece "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" has also become a modern epic describing the Eastern battlefield of World War I, and he himself is the protagonist of this epic. The desert, its emptiness and nothingness, the primitive torment and dizziness of being far away from civilization, and the internal pressure to overcome the multiple pressures of nature, are both a physical and metaphysical test for the protagonist of the modern epic. . The desert is originally the inner climate of genius. Extreme geniuses are destined to endure absolute loneliness. "Genius invades, but mortals occupy and possess it," said Lawrence. The long journey back and forth in the desert, the days and nights on the camel's back, are a microcosm and a symbol of Lawrence's life.

And after his tongue was wet and his lips were scorched, after he was rubbing his head and heels and going through life and death, after his body was exhausted and his soul was depressed, he succeeded, because he had become famous all over the world, and the Turkish Empire had also collapsed; But at the same time, he also failed, because due to internal disputes and the conspiracy of the Allied Powers, Arabia not only failed to become independent, but was instead tragically divided. He stood between the Allies and the Arabs, promising the latter independence and freedom after the war. Those nomadic peoples once believed in him, worshiped him, and regarded him as their savior. Wherever he went, people fought for his clothes, and he also vaguely regarded himself as a modern Messiah. However, the reality after the war made him disillusioned and he felt like a fraud. All glory has turned into disgrace. People's praise and publicity only strengthened his self-blame and disgust. Because Britain had reneged on its wartime promises to the Arabs under French pressure, Lawrence refused George V's investiture on the spot as a form of protest when summoned by the Emperor.

Soon after, he resolutely refused to be appointed as the governor of a certain British overseas place, changed his name and surname, and retired to the army.

Lawrence's heroic history in Arabia is well known to everyone, and I don't need to repeat it. His various performances after the war cannot be discussed in detail in this short article. Here I can only mention his extremely complex personality and the contradiction, depression, confusion and self-deprecating mood he displayed in the late World War I and after the war.

Many biographers, and even Lawrence's own friends, find it difficult to understand his independent behavior, and there is a so-called "Lawrence Mystery". For example: After entering the important Turkish city of Damascus, why did Lawrence suddenly retire at the peak of his victory? Why, after the war, when the government and the public were at the same level, and the country wanted to entrust it with important responsibilities, he had to hide from the world and live among the soldiers, and undergo extremely rigorous training? As a great hero and famous writer, he often expressed pessimism and frustration in his letters. In a letter to his mother, he complained: "I am too young to settle for nothing; I am too old to start from scratch." In a letter to the poet Graves, he said: "I deeply I deeply feel that my life, in a real sense, has passed away."

The reason why Lawrence suddenly left Damascus was not only because Arabia was still divided, but also because the political conspiracy of Britain and France made him feel chilled. There is another secret. It is said that he has always been deeply humiliated because he was an illegitimate child, and regarded sex as a kind of impurity. Not only did he never marry, he rarely had any contact with his girlfriend. What is particularly unfortunate is that in the later stages of the Arabian Campaign, he was arrested in Daraa for sneaking behind enemy lines to spy on military intelligence. The Turkish commander did not know that he was Lawrence, but was fascinated by his fair skin and ordered four soldiers to whip him bravely and then take turns raping him. The physical and mental toll this incident took on Lawrence was unparalleled. Before Della was humiliated, he was, in the imaginations of others and himself, the reincarnation of Messiah. But after that incident, his self-deification and heroism collapsed.

After the Deira incident, he had almost run out of spiritual fuel. His sense of mission faded, and what remained was ambition and a desire for power. He became bloodthirsty, but after the killing he only felt pity, not the joy of victory. Finally one day, he discovered that even that kind of power was just an illusion. He left Damascus completely empty.

But why did Lawrence insist on joining the Air Force after the war? Why must he debase himself so much? Commentators have claimed that he is like this because he suffers from homosexuality. This is a very unreliable conjecture. Lawrence's friends all confirmed that this was not the case. At the same time, he had lived in the all-male groups of the Chariot Corps and the Air Force for twelve years, and he had never heard of any suspicious records. In fact, Lawrence was deeply horrified by any physical contact. The reason why Lawrence relegated himself to the ranks and took orders from non-commissioned officers was, first of all, because he was tired of being a celebrity and he wanted to be freed from his own myth. Second, his superhuman performance during the war had overstretched his will and determination. He had taken too many risks, too many responsibilities, and now, as a private, he could just follow orders, no matter how stupid, without having to personally take responsibility for them. Third, during his years in the desert, he had become accustomed to showing kindness and sharing pure sympathy in difficult circumstances. After the war, he deeply missed that kind of exposed humanity, and he needed to regain that sense of security. Fourth, as mentioned earlier, he is a masochist who requires strict discipline of self-punishment and physical exertion.

At the same time, in the military he can satisfy another desire of his - the pursuit of speed. He loves anything dramatic and fast. "Speed ??is the second oldest animal desire in human nature," he said. He loved driving in the vast desert. While serving in the Air Force, he drew the Air Force authorities' attention to the need for maritime rescue and personally designed and supervised the construction of rescue speedboats. In the last few years, Lawrence used his motorcycle to see Shaw and Hardy, averaging four hundred to six hundred miles a week. If the road was good, he would often go over the speed limit of 80 to 100 miles an hour. In the end he died as a result.

Lawrence is such a complex of contradictions. He rides a camel slowly in the desert and drives at high speed in civilization. His soul embraced nature in its purest form, breathing the open spaces of Arabia while looking toward the centuries ahead. He said: "In my opinion, the only major task of our generation is to conquer the last element, the atmosphere." He is a military strategist and warrior with superhuman achievements, but he is also a writer and translator who explores the soul. He was one of the world's greatest adventurers, but at the same time he was shy, introverted, and worried about gain and loss. His life is more complicated and contradictory than a thousand people.

How many orifices does his soul have? However, aren't all great souls so magnificently full of contradictions?