One flower cannot dress up the beautiful spring. Only when one person takes the lead can one move alone. Only when everyone takes the lead can the mountains be moved. ——Lei Feng

Live in order to do something for the whole. A drop of water has a moistening effect, but a drop of water must join the river and the sea to become a wave. ——Xie Juezai

People need to be helpful. Although lotus flowers are good, they still need the support of green leaves. A fence needs three stakes, and a good man needs three gangs. ——Mao Zedong A swallow cannot make a spring. —— Krylov

The people are the soil, which contains the life juice necessary for the development of all things; and individuals are the flowers and fruits on this soil.

—— Belinsky