April × 1961

Chairman Mao's works are like food and weapons to me, like the steering wheel of a car. People can't eat, fight without weapons, drive without steering wheel, and do revolution without studying Chairman Mao's works!

September 11th, 1961

... The people's difficulties are my difficulties, and it is my duty to help the people overcome them and contribute a little. I am the host and a member of the working masses. I am the happiest person who can help the people overcome some difficulties.

October 19th, 1961

Some people say that they are busy with work and have no time to study. I think the problem is not busy at work, but whether you are willing to study or not, and whether you will squeeze time. There is time to study, but the question is whether we are good at squeezing and willing to drill. A good board, there is no eye on it, but why can the nail be nailed in? This is forced in by pressure, forced in. From this point of view, nails have two advantages: one is squeezing strength and the other is drilling strength. In our study, we should also advocate this "nail" spirit and be good at squeezing and drilling.

October 2th, 1961

People's life is limited, but serving the people is infinite. I want to devote my limited life to the infinite "serving the people".

February 1th, 1962

I think a revolutionary should put revolutionary interests first and contribute everything to the cause of the Party, which is the happiest.

February 12, 1962

party member, who was born in * * *, was a servant of the people. He should regard the difficulties of others as his own difficulties and the happiness of his comrades as his own happiness.

March 2nd, 1962

Proud people are actually ignorant people. He doesn't know how many bowls of rice he can eat. He doesn't know that he is just a drop in the ocean. These people are like water in a bottle. One bottle is dissatisfied, and the other half is dangling, but they still can't. What is there to be proud of?

March 4th, 1962

I'd rather be a pine on a high mountain than a willow beside a lake. I would rather exercise myself in the storm-hard struggle than spend my life in a quiet day.

April 4th, 1962

It was said that the happiest thing in life is to eat well, dress well and play well. I think that in this world, only hard work, striving for strength, creating wealth with our own hands and contributing everything to the cause of human liberation-* * * is happiness.

April 17th, 1962

For the revolutionary cause, a person's role is like a screw on a machine. Because there are many screws connected and fixed, the machine has become a solid whole, and it can run freely and play its great work function. Although the screw is small, its function is incalculable. I would like to be a screw forever. Screws should be maintained and cleaned frequently so as not to rust. The same is true of people's minds. We should always check them so that they will not go wrong. I will continue to strengthen my study and improve my ideological consciousness, resolutely listen to the words of the Party and Chairman Mao, constantly carry out criticism and self-criticism, remove ideological problems at any time, and be a screw that will never rust in the great revolutionary cause.

I think, even today, the following two articles still shine with simple truth and vitality:

October 25th, 1959

Youth is always beautiful, but real youth only belongs to those who always strive for the top, who always forget their work and who are always modest.

November 2, 1959

... I will always remember:

A drop of water can never be dried up unless it is put into the sea, and

a person can only have strength when he integrates himself with the collective.

strength comes from unity, wisdom comes from labor,

action comes from thought, and honor comes from the collective.