1. There is a sequence of learning, and there is a specialization of skills. ——Han Yu's "Shi Shuo" in the Tang Dynasty

Translation: Know that there are principles first and later, and each skill and study has its own special study.

2. Work is accomplished by hard work, wasteful by play, accomplished by thinking, destroyed by casualness. ——Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty, "Jin Xue Jie"

Translation: Academics are specialized due to diligence, and are wasted due to play; virtues are achieved due to independent thinking, and corrupted due to following the custom.

3. You should study at any time and learn everything; you should concentrate your efforts to know more and know everything. ——Gorky

4. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved. ——Xun Kuang's "Encouragement to Learning" in the Warring States Period

Translation: If you give up once you carve, even rotten wood cannot be broken; if you carve consistently, even gold and stone can be carved.

5. Read thousands of volumes and write like a master. ——Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty, "Twenty-Two Rhymes from Wei Zuocheng"

Translation: He has read thousands of books by heart and started writing articles, and he writes quickly as if he has a spirit.

6. Time flies when you focus on something.

7. Sometimes, forgetting the past is to make yourself more focused.