On the wall hang pictures of Sim's two greatest influences-Sun Yat-sen and his father Sim Ang-bei. Between the two hangs a couplet reading "In line with the teachings of the Confucian sages, the government should follow the ways of the emperors Yao and Shun." This has been Sim's mantra throughout his decades working to further Chinese education.
正牆上影響他一生最重要的二位人物──國父孫中山先生以及父親沈鴻柏的相片分懸左右，中間一副對聯「慕聖崇賢師孔孟，羽書徵士法堯舜」，則透露沈老數十年來執著發揚中華文化的信念。