If a bird wants to fly high, it first flaps its wings; if a person wants to make progress, he first reads. ——Li Ruochan

Ask the canal where it can be so clear, because there is a source of living water. ——Zhu Xi

If you don’t read at three o’clock or five o’clock in the morning, your work will only be violent and cold. ——Guo Moruo

Books are like medicine, good reading can cure stupidity. ——Liu Xiang

Although it is hard work to search for thousands of pounds, you will only get gold after blowing all the sand. ——Liu Yuxi.

Be poor and strong, and you will not fall into the clouds.

——Wang Bo