1. 如烟往事俱忘却，心底无私天地宽。——陶铸

1. All the past, as smoke, is forgotten; in the heart, without any bias, there is vastness in the heavens and earth. — Tao Zhuo

2. 欲书之时，当收视反听，绝虑凝神，心正气和，则契于妙。心神不正，书则欹斜;志气不和，字则颠仆。——虞世南《笔髓论》

2. When preparing to write, one should turn the gaze inward and listen outward, discard distracting thoughts, and concentrate the mind. If the heart and spirit are in harmony, one will attain the essence. If the mind and spirit are not in the right place, the writing will be slanted; if the will and spirit are not harmonious, the characters will appear awkward and unsteady. — Yu Shiniang, "On the Essence of Writing"

3. 握笔之法，虚掌实指。指聚则实，指实则掌自然虚

3. The way to hold a pen is to have a hollow palm and a firm finger. When the fingers gather, they become firm; when the fingers are firm, the palm naturally becomes hollow.

4. 喜即气和而字舒，怒则气粗而字险，哀即气郁而字敛，乐则字平而字丽。情有重轻，则字之敛舒险丽，亦有深浅，变化无穷。——陈绎曾《翰林要诀》

4. Joy makes the pen flow smoothly and the characters relaxed, anger makes the pen rough and the characters dangerous, sorrow makes the pen constrained and the characters compressed, and happiness makes the characters even and beautiful. Emotions have varying intensities, and so do the characters, which can be either relaxed or compressed, dangerous or beautiful, with infinite variations. — From "The Essential Techniques of the Hanlin Academy" by Chen Yizeng

5. 有很多良友，胜于有很多财富。——莎士比亚

5. Many friends are better than much wealth. - Shakespeare

6. 万事开头难，每门科学都是如此。——马克思

6. It's difficult to start anything, every science is like that. — Marx

7. 生活的理想，就是为了理想的生活。——张闻天

7. The ideal of life is to live for the ideal life. - Zhang Wen Tian

8. 逆笔起，最得势。褚河南书，都逆起，隶法也。

8. The most powerful strokes are those that start in reverse. Chu Hanyu's calligraphy starts in reverse as well, which is characteristic of the official script style.

9. 理想主义，是表示耐性较好的意思。——木心

9. Idealism means having a better tolerance for patience. — Mu Xin

10. 常求有利别人，不求有利自己。——谢觉哉

10. Always seek benefits for others, not for oneself. — Xie Juezhai

11. 不论成功还是失败，都是系于自己。——朗费罗

11. Success or failure, it all depends on oneself. – Longfellow

12. 爱情使人心的憧憬升华到至善之境。——但丁

12. Love elevates the yearning of the heart to the highest state of goodness. — Dante

13. 所谓青春，就是心理的年轻。——松下幸之助

13. What is called youth is the youthful state of mind. - Konosuke Matsushita

14. 渣滓去，则清光来，若心地丛杂，虽笔墨精良，无当也。故扬子云：字为心画。

14. When the dregs are removed, clarity comes; if the mind is cluttered, even if the writing is excellent, it is still not appropriate. Hence, Yang Ziyun said: "Characters are the reflection of the heart."

15. 梦想家的缺点是害怕命运。——斯·菲利普斯

15. The weakness of a dreamer is the fear of fate. - S. Phillips

16. 当你背叛别人时，你也背叛了自己。——辛格

16. When you betray others, you also betray yourself. - Singh

17. 人当活在真理和自我奉献里。——庞陀彼丹

17. People should live in truth and self-sacrifice. — Pandit Deendayal.

18. 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费功夫。——施耐庵

18. "After searching in vain, the iron shoes were broken, and what was sought was easily obtained without any effort." — Shi Nai'an

19. 若知四海皆兄弟，何处相逢非故人。——陈刚中

19. If one knows that all the world is a family, where could we meet and not recognize a relative? — Chen Gangzhong

20. 谁能保持永远的青春，便是伟大的人。——郭沫弱

20. Who can maintain eternal youth is a great person. - Guo Moruo

21. 生命是**和灵魂的结合，别丢失了！——佚名

21. Life is the union of the body and the soul, don't lose it! — Anonymous

22. 欲知后笔起，意在前笔止，明乎此，则笔笔呼应，字字接贯，前后左右，自能一气相生矣。

22. To know the continuation of the subsequent strokes, one must understand that the intention lies in the stopping of the previous strokes. Realizing this, each stroke will correspond to the others, and each character will be connected seamlessly. The relationships between the strokes in front, behind, and on both sides will naturally generate a continuous flow.

23. 笔须凌空，固也。然学者误会斯语，每走入空滑一路去。必曰气空笔实，方能无弊。

23. The pen must soar above the ground, this is indeed the case. However, scholars often misunderstand this saying and tend to wander into a path of emptiness and slipperiness. They must say that when the pen is empty of substance but full of vitality, then there will be no defects.

24. 笔法尚圆，过圆则弱而无骨。体裁尚方，过方则刚而不韵。

24. The brushwork should be round, but if it is too round, it becomes weak without structure. The style should be square, but if it is too square, it becomes rigid without grace.

25. 只要朝着阳光，便不会看见阴影。——海伦凯勒

25. As long as you face the sun, you cannot see the shadows. — Helen Keller

26. 夫书者，英杰之馀事，文章之急务也。虽其为道，贤不肖皆可学，然贤能之常多，不肖者能之常少也，岂以不肖者能之而贤者遽弃之不事哉！——朱文长《续书断》

26. Writing is a leisure activity for the outstanding, and an urgent matter for literature. Although the path of writing is something that both the virtuous and the unworthy can learn, the virtuous are often more numerous, while the unworthy are often few. Could it be that because the unworthy are capable of writing, the virtuous would suddenly abandon it and not engage in it? — Zhu Wenchang, "Continuation of Book Break"

27. 不要慨叹生活的痛苦！慨叹是弱者。——高尔基

27. Do not sigh over the bitterness of life! Sighing is the mark of the weak. — Gorky

28. 或寄以骋纵横之志，或托以散郁结之怀。虽至贵不能抑其高，虽妙算不能量其力。——张怀谨

28. Or let it express the ambition of the vast and the boundless, or entrust it with the dispersion of the pent-up emotions. Even the most noble cannot suppress its height, and even the most ingenious strategies cannot measure its power. —— Zhang Huijin

29. 立品之人，笔墨外自有一种正大光明之概。——王妤

29. A person of integrity has a certain dignified and open demeanor beyond their brush and ink. — Wang Yu

30. 玄妙之意，出于物类之表;幽深之理，伏于杳冥之间;岂常情之所能言，世智之所能测。——唐代书法家张怀瓘《书议》

30. The mysterious meaning transcends the categories of things; the profound principle lies hidden in the obscure and dark; can it be expressed by ordinary feelings, or measured by worldly wisdom? — From "Book of Writing" by Zhang Huaiguan, a Tang Dynasty calligrapher.

31. 爱情和死亡一样，都是很霸道的。——张爱玲

31. Love, like death, is very domineering. - Eileen Chang

32. 点曳之工，裁成之妙，烟霏露结，状若断面还连，凤翥龙蟠，势如斜而反正。——唐朝第二位皇帝李世民《王羲之传论》

32. The art of dotting and shading, the exquisite skill of cutting and shaping, resembling mist and dew凝结, appearing as if the cross-section is still connected; the majestic posture is like a bird taking flight and a dragon coiling, with a dynamic shift from oblique to direct. — From the "Discourse on Wang Xizhi" by Emperor Gaozong, the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

33. 强者容易坚强，正如弱者容易软弱。——爱默生

33. The strong are easily strong, as the weak are easily weak. - Emerson

34. 夫人灵于万物，心主于百骸，故心之所发，蕴之为道德，显之为经纶，树之为勋猷，立之为节操，宣之为文章，运之为字迹。——项穆《书法雅言》

34. The wife is wise in all things, and the heart governs the hundred bones. Therefore, what the heart generates is contained in virtue and morality, manifested in planning and organization, established as meritorious achievements, founded as integrity, expressed in literary works, and implemented in calligraphy. —— Xiang Mu, "Elegant Discourse on Calligraphy"

35. 青春终究是幸福，因为它有未来。——果戈理

35. Youth is always happy because it has the future. – Gogol