Among those who have been nurtured in language and the arts, how many realize they should serve as models of temperance, love, humility, compassion, seriousness, patience, and self-control?
Moral training is not achieved through verbal influence, but by encouraging children to practice good moral conduct to overcome laziness, recklessness, indiscipline, and decadence.
Rather than stuffing the mind with a chaotic array of words, one should cultivate the ability to understand things, allowing knowledge to flow naturally like a stream from a living spring.
Time should be allocated with precision, ensuring that every year, month, day, and hour has its specific purpose.
The teaching profession itself mandates that a teacher must tirelessly improve themselves and constantly replenish their reservoir of knowledge.
Only through proper education can a person truly become a human being. As it is often said, man is an "educable animal," and education is the essential key to fulfilling this potential.