Life is not easy for anyone, we must have perseverance. The most important thing is that we should have confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we have a natural talent for everything, and we must finish it at any cost. At the end, you should be able to say with a clear conscience, "I tried my best."
One spring, I was forced to rest at home for several weeks because of illness. I am very interested in watching the silkworms raised by my daughter cocoon. Watching these silkworms work tenaciously and diligently, I feel like them. Like them, I always patiently focus on one goal. Maybe I'm doing this because some force is urging me-just like a silkworm being urged to cocoon.
For fifty years, I have devoted myself to scientific research, and research is the discussion of truth. I have many beautiful and happy memories. When I was a girl, I lived alone in the University of Paris. During that whole period, my husband and I were absorbed in our studies, just like dreaming. Later, we found radium there.
In my life, I have been pursuing a quiet job and a simple family life. In order to realize this ideal, I try to keep a quiet environment, not disturbed by personnel and not honored by fame.
I am sure that we are interested in things rather than people in science. When Dampier, Curie and I considered whether we should get economic benefits from our discovery, we all thought that we should not go against our pure research concept. So we didn't apply for a patent for radium, and we abandoned a fortune. I firmly believe that we are right. It is true that human beings need people who seek reality, and they get great rewards in their work. However, human beings also need dreamers-they are so attracted by their careers that they have no leisure and enthusiasm to seek material benefits. My only hope is to do research in a free country as a free scholar. I never take this interest for granted, because I lived in occupied and ravaged Poland until I was 24 years old. I have weighed the cost of freedom in France.
I was not born a gentle person. I knew a long time ago that many sensitive people like me would be too sad even if they were criticized for one or two sentences. They tried to hide their sensitivity. My husband's gentle and quiet personality has benefited me a lot. He died suddenly and I learned to bear it. As I grow older, I appreciate the trivial things in life more and more, such as planting flowers, trees and buildings, and I am also a little interested in reading poems and watching stars.
I have been immersed in the beauty of the world, and the science I love is constantly increasing its brand-new prospects. I believe that science itself has great beauty. A scientist engaged in research work is not only a technician, but also a child, as if fascinated by fairy tales in natural scenery. This charm is the main reason why I can work hard in the laboratory all my life.
(1) is selected from The Wisdom of Modern People translated by Jane Jie and Marie Curie (1867- 1934), that is, Madame Curie. Polish, won the Nobel Prize twice.
Benefit a lot: get a lot of benefits. Bandits, no, no.
3 Sudden: Sudden.
New words: persistent pursuit of fame, expectation of return, abuse, blame, chagrin, intoxication, sudden death and a clear conscience.
The Analects of Confucius
1. Confucius said, "Learning from time to time is not as good as learning from time to time, is it? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? Isn't it a gentleman to be unhappy and not know it? "
2. Ceng Zi said, "I am in three Japanese provinces (xǐng). I am unfaithful to others, but I don't believe in making friends, but I don't know how to pass it on. "
3. Confucius said, "Reviewing the past and learning the new can be a teacher."
4. Confucius said, "Learning without thinking is useless, and thinking without learning is dangerous."
Confucius said, "How can you teach a woman? Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, and knowing is also. "
6. Confucius said, "See the sage Si Qi, but look inward without seeing him."
7. Confucius said: "A threesome requires a teacher; Choose good and follow it, change bad and follow it. "
8. Ceng Zi said: "Scholars have a long way to go to strive for self-improvement. Benevolent people are not only important to death but also to distance. "
9. Confucius said, "Cold tells the decline of pine and cypress."
10. Zi Gong asked: "There is a saying that you can be a person all your life?" Confucius said, "Forgive me?" Do as you would be done by. "