1. Learning without thinking will lead to failure; thinking without learning will lead to peril. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you only study without thinking, you will not feel confused; if you only dream without studying, you will be tired and gain nothing.

2. To know something is to know it, and to know it is to know it, and to know it is to know it. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you know, you know. If you don't know, you should say "I don't know" and don't cheat. This is a wise behavior.

3. Work is accomplished by hard work, but wasteful by playfulness; success is achieved by thinking, and destroyed by casualness. ——Han Yu

Translation: Success in career or study lies in hard work and diligence. If you are too playful and relax your requirements, you will achieve nothing; in life, you must think carefully and thoroughly before you can achieve anything. Willfulness, sloppiness, and casualness will only lead to failure.

4. There are three aspects of reading: understanding with the heart, understanding with the eyes, and understanding with the mouth. ——Zhu Xi

Translation: Think with your heart, look carefully with your eyes, and read more with your mouth. Only when you do all three aspects well can you truly read.

5. Be tireless in learning and teaching. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Study hard without feeling satisfied, teach others without feeling tired.

6. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river. ——"Xunzi"

Translation: If you don't accumulate half steps and one step, you can't go thousands of miles away; if you don't gather the trickles, you can't form rivers and seas.

7. If you want to see a thousand miles away, go to the next level. ——Wang Zhihuan

Translation: If you want to see farther and broader scenery, you have to go to the next level. If you want to learn more and deeper knowledge, you have to work harder than before.

8. The strong will have its own strong hand, so don’t boast to others. ——"Words of Warning"

Translation: Although you are a strong person, there must be someone stronger than you, so don't be proud and complacent in front of others and brag about yourself.

9. If jade is not polished, it will not become a tool; if a person does not learn, he will not know. ——"Book of Rites. Records of Learning"

Translation: Without carving, jade cannot become a useful jade object; without learning, people do not understand principles.

10. Black-haired people don’t know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late. ——"Encouragement to Study"

Translation: When you are young, you don't know how to seize the time and study diligently. When you are old, it is too late to study.