Through labor, humans shape themselves and understand its true beauty.
Every seed sown leads to a mountain full of beans and grain.
An old man in Qiupu Village, fishing and staying overnight on water. His wife, Zhang Baiheng, weaves nets amidst the deep bamboo.
Embrace all hard labor. For only labor allows your granaries to be full during the harvest season; only labor brings you wealth, livestock, and riches; and only labor earns the love of people and God, while laziness brings contempt.
Molding clay from the front door, not a tile on the roof. Ten hands without mud, living in a mansion.
Without labor, a normal life is impossible.
Life requires purpose. If one lives in the countryside but remains mentally idle, it is not true labor.
To engage in work one loves is a great happiness. In the process of working, the mind becomes more sound, the spirit more vigorous, and one gains wisdom.
All forms of creation, whether individual or collective, deserve respect and encouragement.
If a person can work quietly toward a great goal for a single day, that day is worthy of commemoration.
The purpose of our work is to enhance human value—to engage in activities that benefit ourselves, others, and life itself.