The desire for knowledge should be as intense as a dried-up sea longing for the convergence of a hundred rivers. When acquiring knowledge, the first step is to learn patience and perseverance.
Extravagance leads to reckless desires and a humble, disgraced spirit; conversely, adopting frugality means having no demands on others and no guilt within oneself, which is essential for cultivating inner strength.
One must learn to transform their temperament, just as a tree must be pruned to take shape. Unless one is a genius capable of making a sudden impact, most people rely on decades of meticulous study and deep reflection by lamplight to produce significant work.
The correct path is to absorb everything our predecessors have achieved and then move forward. A love for learning and common sense are the most beautiful partners. Success contains both the bitterness of calamus and the sweetness of honey; the bitterness must be swallowed before success, while the sweetness is savored after.
New ideas often vanish in an instant. One must concentrate fully, keep them in mind, and capture them in time. What I do is merely reach out to harvest the crops that others have sown for me. Do not just marvel at this world; make this world marvel at you.
Learning is an interweaving of hardship and joy. As the saying goes, "One part sowing, one part reaping." Sowing requires a price; without the bitter "sowing," how can one understand the sweet harvest that warms the heart? Every success in competition, every slight improvement, and every breakthrough in difficulty allows us to appreciate happiness and joy. Therefore, the hardship and joy of learning are relative. Without the hardship in learning, how would one know the sweetness behind the achievements? The hardship of learning is, in essence, finding joy in adversity.
Learn for the progress of life. In fact, learning is the key to the process of growth. Growth inevitably requires learning, and people grow through learning. When the nation and your family provide such excellent conditions for study, you should cherish this opportunity even more.
