Idealists stress motive and ignore effect, while mechanical materialists stress effect and ignore motive. In contradistinction to both, we dialectical materialists insist on the unity of motive and effect.

• 唯心论者是强调动机否认效果的，机械唯物论者是强调效果否认动机的，我们和这两者相反，我们是辩证唯物主义的动机和效果的统一论者。