The education of life ideal and belief of the young generation plays an important role in their growth. Based on the dialectical and unified relationship between the common ideal and the lofty ideal, this paper discusses the requirement of carrying out the education of the common ideal and the lofty ideal at the same time. Moreover, from the aspects of historical thinking, dialectical thinking, systematic thinking and creative thinking, this paper discusses that the education of ideal and belief itself contains the implication of thinking, and puts forward the idea of promoting the spiritual pursuit of the young generation.