1. One of the strongest motives that leads people to art and science is to escape from the disgusting vulgarity and despairing dullness of daily life, and to escape from people's own capriciousness. The shackles of desire.

2. The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. 3. No one lives in the past, and no one lives in the future. The present is the only form that life truly possesses.

4. Mediocre people care about how to waste their time, while talented people try their best to use their time. 5. A mediocre person's troubles will be a waste of time, but a capable person's troubles will make the best use of his time.

6. Ordinary people only think about how to spend their time, while talented people try to make use of their time. 7. An individual is weak, just like Robinson Crusoe. Only when he is with others can he accomplish many things.

8. The greatest comfort in old age is to realize that all the strength of youth has been dedicated to the cause of never aging. 9. The more you read, the less things remain in your mind. The two are inversely proportional.

He reads a lot, and his mind is like a blackboard filled with overlapping scribbles. 10. A kind of truth learned purely by reading is as relevant to us as artificial limbs, dentures, wax noses or even artificial skin grafts.

The truth gained through independent thinking is like our natural limbs: only they belong to us. 11. Life is a language that conveys a certain truth to us; if we learn it in another way, we will not survive.

12. When we read, others are thinking for us. We just repeat the process of his thought activities, just like when a child learns calligraphy, he uses a pen to follow the strokes written by the teacher in pencil. Just like a gourd. A large part of our mental activity is relieved when we read.

Therefore, when we stop thinking for ourselves and read a book, we feel very relaxed. However, when reading, our minds actually become the playground for other people's thoughts. Therefore, a person who reads more, or who is immersed in reading all day long, can rest and refresh his mind, but his thinking ability will gradually lose. This is just like a person who often rides a horse will have poor walking ability. The same reason is true.

13. Fundamentally speaking, only our independent thinking can truly have truth and life. Because they are the only things we understand repeatedly.

Other people’s thoughts are like scraps added to someone else’s table, like clothes removed by a stranger.

14. A person’s face says more and more interesting things than a person’s mouth, because the mouth only tells people’s thoughts, while the face tells the essence of thoughts.

15. Wealth is like sea water. The more you drink, the more thirsty you become; the same is actually true for fame