Article 1: Youth Youth

I haven't seen you for three days (excerpt). If you give me three days of light (excerpt)

Chapter III: Companionship between Books (Excerpt)

If I rest, I will rust.

Chapter 5: Ambition.

What do I live for and what do I live for?

Article 7: When love calls you, you call love.

Chapter 8: The Road to Success

Article 9: Meeting celebrities

Article 10: The theory of half life is half and half.

Article 11: What is your recovery rate? What is your recovery rate?

Chapter 12: Clean up your mental space. Clean up your mental space.

Article 13: Be happy.

Article 14: the beauty of life

Chapter 15: Face the Internal Enemy Face the Internal Enemy

Article 16: Abundance is a way of life, a rich way of life.

Article 17: Life is like a poem.

Article 18: Loneliness

Chapter 19: Give meaning to life, give meaning to life.

Article 20: Enjoy the present.

Article 21: Love of beauty.

Article 22: The Gate of Happiness: The Gate of Happiness

Born to win, born to win.

Article 24: Work and play Work and play

Chapter 25: Mirror, Mirror-What do I see? Mirror, tell me.

Article 26: On dust and beams, dust and columns

Article 27: The sunrise in October is in an October sunrise.

Article 28: To be or not to be?

Article 29: Gettysburg Address

Article 30: First Inaugural Address (Excerpt) Inaugural Address (Excerpt) Article 3: Companion between Books (Excerpt)

The company of books

A person can usually be known by the books he reads and the friends he makes; Because of the company of books, there are also human companions; One should always live in the best environment, whether it is books or people.

A good book may be the best friend. This is the case today, in the past, and will not change in the future. It is the most patient and pleasant partner. When we encounter adversity or pain, it will not turn its back on us. It always receives us with the same kindness; It brings us joy and guidance when we are young and comfort and comfort when we are old.

People often discover their intimate relationship through their common interest in the same book, just as sometimes two people become friends through their common interest. There is an old proverb, "Love me, love my dog". But this sentence has more wisdom: "Love me, love my book". "This book is a more real and higher alliance. People can think, feel and sympathize with each other through their favorite writers. They live in him together, and he lives in them.

A good book is often the best urn in life, which contains the best things that can be thought of in life; Because a person's life world, to a great extent, is just his thought world. Therefore, the best book is a treasure house of golden jade words. As long as we remember and cherish it, it will become our eternal companion and comforter.

Books have an immortal nature. They are by far the most enduring products of human efforts. Temples and statues will rot, but books will survive. For great ideas, time is irrelevant, and these ideas are still as fresh today as when they first appeared in the author's mind many years ago. What was said and thought at that time was still vividly printed on paper as before. The only function of time is to screen out inferior products; Because nothing in literary works can last long except what is really right.

Books guide us into the best society; They brought us to the greatest man of all time. We hear what they say and do; We saw them as if they were really alive; We sympathize with them and share their joys and sorrows; Their experience became our experience, and in the scenes they described, we felt that we were their actors to some extent.

Even in this world, great and kind people will never die. Their spirit is preserved in books and spread all over the world. This book is a living voice. This is a kind of wisdom that has not been listened to so far.

If I rest, I will rust.

If I rest, I will rust.

The meaningful inscription found on an old key-if I rest, I will rust-will be an excellent motto for those who suffer from a little laziness. Even the most industrious people can use it to remind themselves that if a person lets his abilities rest, like iron in an unused key, they will soon rust and eventually fail to finish the work they are asked to do.

Those who want to reach and maintain the heights of great men must maintain their abilities through constant use, so that they can open the door to knowledge, which is the door to every department of human efforts, such as occupation, science, art, literature and agriculture.

Diligence is the key to the treasure house of achievement. Hugh Miller will never become a famous geologist if he spends his evenings relaxing and entertaining after working in a quarry all day. Edmund Si Tong, a famous mathematician, will never publish a mathematical dictionary or find the key to mathematical science. If he spends his spare time doing nothing, if Ferguson, a Scottish boy, lets his busy brain sleep while herding sheep on the hillside instead of counting the positions of the stars with a string of beads, he will never become a famous astronomer.

Labor conquers everything-not unstable, intermittent or wrong-headed labor; It is a loyal, persistent and daily effort towards a clear goal. Just as eternal vigilance is the price of freedom, eternal diligence is the price of noble and lasting success.

Chapter 5: Ambition.

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It is not difficult to imagine a world without ambition. This may be a friendlier world: no demand, no wear and tear, no disappointment. People will have time to reflect. What they do is not for themselves, but for the collective. Competition will never come in. Conflicts will be eliminated and tensions will become a thing of the past. The pressure of creation will end. Art will no longer be annoying, but a pure celebration function. Life expectancy will be extended, because fewer people will die of heart disease or stroke because of overwork. Anxiety will disappear. Time will get longer and longer, and ambition has long been far away from people's hearts.

Oh, what a boring life that will be!

There is a strong view that success is a myth, so ambition is an illusion. Does this mean that success doesn't really exist? That achievement is actually empty? The efforts of men and women are meaningless compared with the power of sports and events. Obviously, not all successes are worthy of respect, and not all ambitions are worth cultivating. What's right and what's not, this is something that a person can learn by himself soon. But even the most cynical people secretly admit that success exists; This achievement is of great significance; The real myth is that the actions of men and women are useless. Not believing this is to accept a view that is likely to lead to destruction. As far as its meaning is concerned, it eliminates all ability motivation, interest in achievement and concern for future generations.

We didn't choose to be born. We can't choose our parents. We can't choose our historical era, the country where we were born, or the direct environment where we grew up. Most of us do not choose to die; We can't choose the time and conditions of death. But in this field where there is no choice, we can really choose how to live: brave or cowardly, respectable or disgraceful, purposeful or drifting. We decide what is important and what is trivial in life. We decided that either what we did or what we refused to do made us meaningful. However, no matter how indifferent the universe is to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are made by ourselves. We decided. We choose. When we decide and choose, our life is formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is the meaning of ambition.

These are truly classic chapters that have stood the test of time.