1. A one-year plan is better than planting a valley; a ten-year plan is better than trees; a hundred-year plan is better than planting people. —— "Guanzi"

2. A horse can't take ten steps with one leap; a horse can drive ten times, but the merit lies in perseverance; if you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, gold and stone can be carved. —— —— Lao Tzu

4. Hypocrisy cannot last long, emptiness cannot last long, rotten wood cannot be carved, and love cannot last long. —— Han Ying

5. Mountain trees are self-invading; fire is self-destruction. Gui is edible, so cut it down; lacquer can be used, so cut it. Everyone knows the uses of useful things, but no one knows the uses of useless things.

—— Zhuangzi