Reposted from Thinker's Community: On Life

There are always people asking me about graduate school, but to be honest, I’m not willing to discuss this topic. Some individuals are extremely cautious and meticulous when it comes to planning their future, carefully calculating every step, such as joining a certain club at a certain time, joining the party at a certain time, participating in student union work at a certain time, weighing the time spent reviewing for each exam to get a first-class scholarship, when to publish a paper, with an impact factor of several points, where to work first, with a annual salary of how much, then after how long to switch jobs, when to get married, when to buy a car or a house, when to have children, when to be promoted to a certain level, when to retire, and how much pension to receive.

I’m very opposed to such arrangements. I only focus on one or two of the most important, fundamental, and essential things, and don’t care about other trivial matters. If I find that these trivial things are affecting my main goals, I’ll deal with them directly. If I’m always expecting and preventing these complicated small things, I won’t be able to accomplish anything significant.

What I want is the feeling of forgetting to eat and sleep, what I want is the spirit of Chen Jingrun. Now people are too realistic. Although I don’t agree with some of the ideas of the ancient Greeks, I believe that the level at which they think and focus is higher than that of ordinary people today. I focus on God, truth, and the universe, rather than the cycle of life, money, love, and official career. However, I do value power and prestige, because only when I have power can I lead the people towards a more noble direction. The majority of people pursue power for the sake of enjoyment or to satisfy their desire for domination, but I need power in order to have the opportunity to promote truth and educate the people.

My teacher’s sister said something very reasonable.

ps I haven’t studied chemistry for a year now, and I haven’t been to the Thought Leaders’ Community for a long time. Today, I went there and saw the above passage, which I highly agree with, so I copied it down.