The past is never dead. It's not even past.

"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

不追求福运，就不会有灾祸；不计较所得，就不会有失去；不追求荣耀，就不会遭到辱没；不企冀美名，就不会遭到诋毁。