1. What you learn on paper will eventually make you realize it, but you will definitely know that you have to do it in detail. ——Lu You, Song Dynasty, "Winter Night Reading to Show Zi Yu"
Translation: The knowledge obtained from books is not perfect after all. If you want to deeply understand the truth, you must practice it yourself.
2. If you don’t climb a high mountain, you don’t know how high the sky is; if you don’t go to a deep stream, you don’t know how deep the earth is - "Encouragement to Learning" by Xunzi of the Pre-Qin Dynasty
Translation: Therefore, if you don’t climb If you go to a high mountain, you don't know how high the sky is; if you don't face a deep stream, you don't know how thick the earth is.
3. It is not as good as me to learn what I have learned in just a moment if I think about it all day long; it is not as good as to gain broad insights by climbing high. ——Xunzi of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, "Encouraging Learning"
Translation: I used to think hard all day long, but I could not gain as much as the knowledge I learned in a moment; I once stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance, but it was not as good as climbing up the mountain. Go to high places and see a lot.
4. Not hearing is worse than hearing, hearing is not as good as seeing, seeing is not as good as knowing, and knowing is not as good as doing. Learning ends with practice. ——"Xunzi·Ruxiao"
Translation: If you don't know if you don't hear it, it's better to see him than to hear him. To see him you don't know, and to know is no better than to do it. Learn to take action.
5. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
——Pre-Qin Laozi's "Tao Te Ching"
Translation: A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step