The best part of Lei Feng’s diary:
April × Day, 1961
Chairman Mao’s works are like food and weapons to me, like cars on the steering wheel. You can't do it without eating, you can't fight without weapons, you can't drive without a steering wheel, you can't do revolution without studying Chairman Mao's works!
September 11, 1961
...The people’s difficulties are my difficulties. It is my duty to help the people overcome their difficulties and contribute my own strength. responsibility. I am a master and a member of the working people. I am happiest when I can help people overcome some difficulties.
October 19, 1961
Some people say they are busy with work and have no time to study. I think the problem is not that you are busy at work, but whether you are willing to study and whether you can squeeze in time. There is time to study. The question is whether we are good at squeezing and whether we are willing to dig in. There is not a single hole in a good wooden board, but why can nails be driven in? This is done by squeezing in through pressure and drilling in through hard work. From this point of view, nails have two advantages: one is squeezing strength, and the other is drilling strength. In our studies, we must also promote this "nail" spirit and be good at squeezing and drilling.
October 20, 1961
Human life is limited, but serving the people is unlimited. I will devote my limited life to the infinite. of "serving the people".
February 10, 1962
I think a revolutionary should put the interests of the revolution first and contribute everything he has to the cause of the party. is the happiest.
February 12, 1962
A Communist Party member is a servant of the people. He should regard the difficulties of others as his own difficulties and the happiness of his comrades. Become your own happiness.
March 2, 1962
A proud person is actually an ignorant person. He doesn't know how many bowls of dry rice he can eat. He doesn't understand that he is just a drop in the ocean... These people are like a bottle of water. One bottle is not full, half of the bottle is sloshing around, but it still cannot come out. What is there to be proud of?
March 4, 1962
I would like to be a pine on the mountains and rocks, not a willow on the lakeshore and riverside. I would like to train myself in the storm and the hard struggle, rather than spend my life in calm days.
April 4, 1962
Some people say: In life, the happiest thing is to eat well, wear well, and play well. I feel that in life, one can only be happy if one works hard, works hard, creates wealth with one's own hands, and contributes everything to the cause of human liberation - communism.
April 17, 1962
The role of one person to the revolutionary cause is like a screw in a machine. Due to the connection and fixation of many screws, the machine becomes a solid whole and can operate freely and exert its huge working ability. Although the screw is small, its effect is immeasurable. I would like to be a screw forever. Screws need to be maintained and cleaned regularly to prevent them from rusting. The same is true for people's minds. They need to be checked frequently to prevent anything from going wrong. I must continue to strengthen my study and improve my ideological consciousness, resolutely listen to the words of the Party and Chairman Mao, carry out frequent criticism and self-criticism, eliminate ideological defects at any time, and be a screw that never rusts in the great revolutionary cause.
I feel that the following two articles still sparkle with simple truth and vitality even today:
October 25, 1959
Youth is always beautiful, but true youth only belongs to those who always strive for the top, those who always work selflessly, and those who are always humble.
November 2, 1959
...I will always remember:
A drop of water can only be put into the sea Only when he integrates himself with the collective can a person be powerful.
Strength comes from unity, wisdom comes from labor,
Action comes from thought, and honor comes from collective.