If you lose today, you are not a loser, because you will come back tomorrow.
If you lose money, you are not a loser, because the value of life is not in the purse.
If you lose civilization, you are a complete failure, because you have lost the true meaning of being a man.
Civilization covers the relationship between people, people and society, and people and nature. Its main functions are: first, to pursue the perfection of personal morality; Second, safeguard public interests and public order.
Speaking of politeness, I think of a story. On one occasion, Comrade Lenin went downstairs and happened to meet a female worker carrying a basin of water in the narrow staircase corridor. As soon as the women workers see Lenin, they will go back to make way for him. Lenin stopped her and said, "Don't do this. You're halfway done, and I'm empty-handed. Please go first! " He said the word "please" loudly and kindly. Then he leaned against the wall and let the woman go upstairs, and then he went downstairs. Isn't this also a sign of politeness?
I don't want to give too many examples of great men here, because it's easy for everyone to have an illusion: if we think that politeness is only for great men and celebrities, then we don't have to feel guilty for our more or less uncivilized words and deeds; Or think that even if you practice the requirements of civilization, you can't become a great man or a celebrity. We need not only moral figures, but also a group of moral people.