1. The most spiritual person cannot see his own back. --Africa 2. The most difficult thing is to know yourself. --Greece 3. Those who have the courage to bear their fate are heroes. -- Hesse 4. When dealing with a brave person, read where there are no words. -- Zhou Enlai 5. Reading makes people enriched, talking makes people agile, and writing makes people precise. -- Bacon 6. The greatest pride and the greatest inferiority both express the weakness of the soul. -- Spinoza 7. Self-knowledge is the most rare knowledge. --Spain 8. Courage leads to heaven, cowardice leads to hell. -- Seneca 9. Sometimes reading is a clever way to avoid thinking. -- Helps 10. Reading any good book is like talking to the most outstanding people of the past. --Descartes