True significance of learning -- to contribute to society and humanity

Please do not spend your youth avoiding hardship and taking the path of least resistance.  Please seek out difficult challenges and work hard.  And if you are going to take on hardships, let it be for the sake of high ideal.  Do not stay closed up in your own tiny shell, pursue your studies with the high ideals of helping your friends and contributing to society and humanity.  This is where the true significance of the pursuit of learning lies.
[GT6-Nov-19]

年青的时候不要逃避辛苦，也不要贪图安逸。你们要主动尝受辛劳。反正是辛劳，那就为了 “伟大的理想” 而辛劳吧。不要躲在自己的小世界里，希望能够持着 “为朋友”、 “为社会” 和 “为人类” 的崇高理想来努力学习。学问的真正意义就在这里。
[今日指导(六)，11月19日]