While every container in the world can be filled to the brim, the human mind can never be fully saturated with knowledge. Knowledge is like a clear mirror in which truth is hidden; the poor become rich through learning, and the rich become noble through insight. A pure mind is best achieved through few desires, and the greatest joy lies in reading!
Do not be left with nothing but tears when your parents need you. Do be left with nothing but shame when your children need you. Do not be left with nothing but wasted time when you look back on your life. This is the reason for striving. To every one of you who refuses to be ordinary!
Life is like an endless hard labor. Do not fear or refuse hardship; to surpass hardship is to be strong in life. Every experience is a form of accumulation. The more one accumulates, the more mature one becomes; the more one experiences, the thicker and deeper life becomes.
Sharing deep thoughts with someone you barely know easily invites disaster through one's mouth. Cautious people always maintain good self-control. Whether in times of great success or great adversity, they never speak rashly, for "words, once spoken, cannot be taken back."
Regardless of its length, life is bound to involve many experiences. Some people cannot be transformed into lasting memories, and some events cannot be settled into recollections. For painful people and things, one must learn to become indifferent after passing through and to forget after turning away. Only by doing so will our bags not be too heavy, and our minds and bodies not too weary. Remember, togetherness is temporary, while separation is eternal. No one is your eternal attachment, and nothing is your sole desire.