The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

Learn it extensively, interrogate it, think carefully, discern it clearly, and practice it diligently. ("Book of Rites")

If you don't climb a high mountain, you don't know how high the sky is; if you don't go to a deep stream, you don't know how thick the earth is. ("Xunzi")

Don't wait for closure, the young man's head will turn white, and he will feel empty and sad. (Yue Fei)

The mountains never get too high and the water never gets too deep. (Cao Cao)

Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is dangerous. (Confucius)

Be tireless in learning and tireless in teaching. (Confucius)

Learn and then realize your shortcomings. (Book of Rites)

There is no end to learning. (Xunzi)

My life has a limit, but my knowledge has no limit. ("Zhuangzi")

Attitude

There are three ways to read, namely, the heart, the eyes, and the mouth. If your mind is not here, your eyes will not be able to read carefully. If your mind is not focused, it will just recite and read. You will never remember it, and it will not last long. Among the three arrivals, the heart is the most urgent. Once the heart has arrived, won’t the eyes and mouth not care?

——Zhu Xi's "Regulations on Training and Learning"

Education is more valuable than erudition. …It is better to know ten things but not reach the ground than to know one thing but reach the ground.

——Dai Zhen's "Chronology of Mr. Dai Dongyuan"

It is most unhelpful to rely on reading and reciting.

——Zheng Banqiao

Great achievements are directly proportional to hard work, and there is a harvest for every bit of labor. Over time, from little to more, miracles can be created. —— (China: Lu Xun)

In the progress of the world, what matters is not our talents, but how we use them.

—— (UK: Brailsford, Robertson)

It’s like discussing with each other, like studying and polishing. ("The Book of Songs·Wei Feng·Zhan Ao") Those who speak are not guilty, but those who hear are warned. ("Book of Songs: Preface")

Stones from other mountains can attack jade. ("The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Crane")

Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is peril. ("The Analects of Confucius·Wei Zheng")

Be tireless in learning and tireless in teaching. ("The Analects of Confucius·Shu Liang")

It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. ("Guan Zi·Quan Xiu")

The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. (Qu Yuan (Li Sao))