196 1 year April × day
Chairman Mao's works are like food and weapons to me, like the steering wheel of a car. People can't eat, fight, drive, steer or make revolution unless they study Chairman Mao's works!
196 1 year September 1 1 day
..... The people's difficulties are my difficulties. It is my duty to help the people overcome difficulties and contribute their own strength. I am the host and a member of the working people. I am the happiest person who can help people overcome some difficulties.
October 19, 1961
Some people say that they are busy with work and have no time to study. I think the question is not whether you are busy at work, but whether you are willing to study and whether you will squeeze time. Learning has time, 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 compressive strength, and the other is drilling strength. We should also advocate this "nail" spirit in our study and be good at squeezing and drilling.
October 20, 1961
Human life is limited, but serving the people is infinite. I want to dedicate my limited life to the infinite "serving the people".
1Feb. 962 10.
I think a revolutionary should put the revolutionary interests first and devote everything to the cause of the party, which is the happiest.
1February 962 12
Party member is a producer of * * * and a servant of the people. He should regard the difficulties of others as his own and the happiness of his comrades as his own.
1March 2, 962
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 bucket. These people are like water in a bottle. One bottle is not satisfied, and the other half is dangling, but they still can't. What is there to be proud of?
1March 4, 962
I would rather be a pine tree among the rocks than a willow tree by the lake. I would rather exercise myself in the stormy struggle than spend my life in quiet days.
1April 4, 962
Some people say that in this world, eating well, dressing well and playing well are the happiest. I think that in this world, only by working hard, striving for strength, creating wealth with our own hands and contributing everything to the cause of human liberation-* * * is happiness.
1April 962 17
A person's role, for the revolutionary cause, is like a screw on the machine. Because there are many screws connected and fixed, the machine has become a solid whole, which can run freely and play its great working function. Although the screw is small, its function is immeasurable. I am willing to be a screw forever. Screws should be maintained and cleaned frequently to avoid rusting. The same is true of the human mind. We should check them often so that they won't make mistakes. I will continue to strengthen my study, improve my ideological consciousness, resolutely listen to the words of the Party and Chairman Mao, constantly carry out criticism and self-criticism, clear my 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:
19591October 25th
Youth is always beautiful, but true youth only belongs to those who always strive for the top, those who always forget their work and those who are always modest.
1959 1 1 2nd of the month
..... I will always remember:
A drop of water can only dry if it is put into the sea.
Only when a person integrates himself with the collective can he have strength.
Strength comes from unity, wisdom from labor,
Action comes from thought, and honor comes from the collective.