Accumulated experience leads to prudence, just as accumulated learning leads to erudition. — Hobbes
Reading creates spiritual wealth, while practice creates material wealth.
Knowledge makes one rich, while a lack of practice makes one poor.
Without learning, one cannot understand the ancient ways, and there has never been one who could bring political peace without it.
Reading requires a Pentium 6 brain and 512MB of super-large memory; otherwise, your mind will eventually crash. Keep your mood positive; what you desire is not necessarily what you need. Work earnestly, sleep peacefully, and hide any sadness. It is not yet late autumn, so your harvest has not yet arrived.
The highest virtue in reading is to proceed in order and attain precision. — Zhu Xi, Essence of Nature and Principle
Considering the ability to memorize what one reads as a talent is of no real use. — Zheng Banqiao, Letter to My Brother from Hua County Office
Reading is learning from others; creation is shaping oneself.
Half a mu of square pond opens like a mirror, The light of sky and moon dance together. Ask how the water stays so clear, Because a spring of living water flows in.
The danger in reading is not reading enough; the danger in thinking is not understanding the meaning. The danger in being satisfied with oneself is not learning; the danger in having learned is not putting it into practice.
Reading is to the mind what gymnastics is to the body. — Addison [British Writer]
Learning from predecessors is the method; surpassing contemporaries is the goal.
A writer should possess broad knowledge to widely understand social life and people from multiple perspectives. Books are a vital source of knowledge. Be aware that they record all human-created experiences and categorize them into various sciences; how could we fail to study them earnestly? — Gao Xiaosheng
If I were to seek a pleasure that satisfies me everywhere and becomes the source of my lifelong happiness and delight... that pleasure would be the joy of reading. — Hessel
