Classic reading quotes

Smart and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask questions. ——Confucius

Learning without thinking is a waste, and thinking without learning is peril. ——Confucius

Those who know well are not as good as those who are good at it, and those who are good at it are not as good as those who are happy. ——Confucius

When three people are walking together, there must be one who is my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. ——Confucius

It is better to have no books at all than to believe in all the books. ——Mencius

Without learning, there is no way to expand talents, and without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning. ——Zhuge Liang

Read the book a hundred times, and its meaning will be apparent to you. ——Chen Shou

Read thousands of volumes, and write like a master. ——Du Fu

Read thousands of volumes, and write like a master. ——Du Fu

The emperor values ??heroes and his articles teach you. Everything is inferior, only reading is superior. ——Du Fu

It is the time for men to study when the lights are on at three and the chickens are on at five. ——Yan Zhenqing

Skills come from hard work, but waste comes from play; success comes from thinking, and failure comes from following. ——Han Yu

To establish oneself, learning is the first priority, and to establish one’s education is based on reading. ——Ouyang Xiu

Extensive knowledge and apprehension, thick accumulation and thin hair. ——Su Shi

Read old books a hundred times without getting tired of reading them. If you read them carefully, you will know yourself. ——Su Shi

If you don’t read for three days, you will feel that the language is tasteless and the appearance is disgusting. ——Huang Tingjian

Don’t wait for a while, the young man’s head will turn gray and he will be filled with sorrow. ——Yue Fei

The method of reading is to proceed step by step, to read thoroughly and to think carefully. ——Zhu Xi

It is easier for a young person to learn than to become an old man, so an inch of time cannot be taken lightly. ——Zhu Xi

Those who have no doubts in reading must be taught to have doubts; those who have doubts must have no doubts. Only then can they make progress. ——Zhu Xi