■ The survival of all things depends on the competition of natural forces, and emotion itself is a living natural force. Pope: On man.
Noble competition is the source of all outstanding talents. Hume: On the Rise and Progress of Art and Science.
■ Every day of life is spent in winning or losing, and everything appears in the form of competition. Every day is to win the game, or at least not to lose to the other side. Therefore, if we slack off one day, we will fall behind and fail. Life is so severe. [Japan] Otmatsu's blog post: "The Self-report of the Devil Otmatsu"
■ Just like every other animal, the reason why human beings can progress to such a high level is undoubtedly completed by struggle for existence caused by rapid proliferation; I'm afraid mankind will have to continue its fierce struggle if it wants by going up one flight of stairs. Otherwise, human beings will fall into laziness, and people with higher talents will not achieve greater success in life struggle than those with lower talents. Therefore, although the natural growth rate of human beings will lead to many obvious disadvantages, there is no way to greatly reduce it. All people should take part in open competition; Laws or habits should not be used to prevent the most talented people from achieving the greatest success and raising the most offspring. Darwin: the origin and sexual selection of human beings.
■ Don't compete with those who have nothing. Grecia: The Art of Living.
■ Competition is the trouble that one is willing to get everything from others. [Greek] Zhi Nuo, quoted from Lalxiu's Records of the Words and Actions of Famous Philosophers.
■ The competition of life occupies all living things and maintains their activities. Schopenhauer: "Two Basic Problems of Ethics"
Although many forms of competition have aroused strong opposition, I think they have played an indispensable role in promoting the necessary efforts and provided a relatively harmless way out for not venting the impulse that may lead to war in some fields. Russell: Authority and Individual
Competition has existed since ancient times. In ancient times, the struggle between heaven and earth led to human civilization. War is actually a means of competition. Here are some famous sayings about competition in some famous books.
■ There is no dispute between gentlemen. [China] Kong Qiu: "The Analects of Confucius Eight-legged essay"
■ No struggle, no progress. Douglas: To Garrett Smith.
■ The husband is indisputable, so the world can't compete with it. In ancient times, the so-called song was the whole person, so it was not empty! Sincerely return. [China] Lao Dan: Tao Te Ching
The development of economy and technology has greatly strengthened the competition for survival and seriously damaged the free development of individuals. However, the development of technology means that individuals have to do less and less work to meet the needs of society, and the planned division of labor is more and more urgent, which will ensure their material life. This sense of security, together with the free time and energy available to an individual, can be used to develop his personality. Only in this way can the society be restored to health, and it is hoped that future historians will interpret the unhealthy symptoms of the current society as the childish diseases of ambitious human beings, which are completely caused by the rapid progress of civilization. [Germany] Einstein: My World View
■ No matter how big or small things are, no matter how high or low people are, they all survive in competition. When there is no opposite, people will even create an opposite to compete with it. [Japan] Otmatsu's blog post: "The Self-report of the Devil Otmatsu"
■ Aggressiveness and jealousy are related to each other. Jealousy is closely related to the competitiveness of being superior to others, unwilling to be superior to people at the same level and unwilling to lose to people who are one step lower than themselves. [Japanese] Wu Jun: Jealousy.
Aggressiveness is nothing more than our desire for one thing, which is caused by our imagination of others who have the same desire as me. [Netherlands] Spinoza: Ethics
■ For a mean person, he is a slave to jealousy; For people with knowledge and temperament, jealousy becomes competition. Pope: On Man