1. 路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。

1. The road is long and winding, yet I will seek the truth both high and low.

2. 做对的事情比把事情做对重要。

2. Doing the right thing is more important than doing things right.

3. 稻花香里说丰年，听取蛙声一片。

3. Amidst the fragrant rice blossoms, we talk of a bountiful harvest, and listen to a chorus of frogs.

4. 纷纷暮雪下辕门，风掣红旗冻不翻。

4. Amidst the falling evening snow, the carriage gate is adorned; the wind tugs at the red flag, yet it does not flip over, frozen solid.

5. 读书之法，在循序而渐进，熟读而精思。——朱熹

5. The method of reading is to proceed step by step and gradually, to read extensively and think deeply. — Zhu Xi

6. 书籍是朋友，虽然没有热情，但是非常忠实。

6. Books are friends, though they lack warmth, but they are incredibly loyal.

7. 随风潜入夜，润物细无声。

7. Whispering in the wind, it stealthily enters the night, moistening things silently.

8. 读书譬如饮食，从容咀嚼，其味必长;大嚼大咀，终不知味也。 ——朱熹

8. Reading is like eating; if one eats slowly and chews carefully, the taste will last longer; if one eats quickly and greedily, one will never know the taste. ——Zhu Xi

9. 知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。——孔子

9. Those who know are not as good as those who love, and those who love are not as good as those who take joy in it. - Confucius

10. 万事俱备，只欠东风。

10. All is ready, but only waiting for the east wind.

11. 出淤泥而不染，濯清涟而不妖。

11. It emerges from the mire unsoiled, and is cleansed by the clear, yet remains unadorned.

12. 可怜身上衣正单，心忧炭贱愿天寒。

12. Alas, my clothes are thin and my heart worries over the low price of charcoal, wishing for the cold to deepen.

13. 夜来城外一尺雪，晓驾炭车辗冰辙。

13. Last night, a foot of snow fell outside the city walls, and this morning, I drove a charcoal cart over the ice-covered tracks.

14. 天苍苍，野茫茫，风吹草低见牛羊。

14. The sky is vast, the fields are boundless, the wind blows and the grass bends, revealing cattle and sheep.

15. 读书以过目成诵为能，最是不济事。――郑板桥

15. The ability to recite books after reading them once is the least useful. -- Zheng Banqiao

16. 天街小雨润如酥，草色遥看近却无。

16. A gentle drizzle on the street, as soft as butter; from afar, the grass seems lush, but up close, there is none.

17. 沉舟侧畔千帆过，病树前头万木春。

17. Beside the side of the sunken boat, a thousand sails pass by; in front of the sickly tree, ten thousand trees bloom in spring.

18. 千里莺啼绿映红，水村山郭酒旗风。

18. A thousand miles away, the warbling of orioles greets the green and red, as in the riverside village and mountain town, the wind flutters the banners of wine.

19. 存者且偷生，死者长已矣。

19. Those who survive steal a living, while those who have died are long gone.

20. 摔倒了爬起来就好。

20. Get up after falling.

21. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。

21. "One is influenced by the people one surrounds oneself with; as the saying goes, 'A man is red if he stays close to vermilion, and black if he stays close to ink.'"

22. 发愤忘食，乐以忘忧，不知老之将至云尔。——孔子

22. To be so determined that one forgets to eat, so immersed in joy that one forgets one's worries, not even realizing that old age is approaching, is what it means to be so absorbed in one's pursuits. — Confucius

23. 业精于勤，荒于嬉;行成于思，毁于随。——韩愈

23. "Diligence leads to expertise, while leisure leads to neglect; actions are shaped by thought, but destroyed by carelessness." — Han Yu

24. 学而不厌，诲人不倦。敏而好学，不耻下问。

24. Never tire of learning and never grow weary of teaching others. Be quick to learn and not ashamed to ask questions of those below one's status.

25. 真理可能在少数人一边。

25. Truth may lie on the side of the minority.

26. 磋砣莫遗韶光老，人生惟有读书好。——《宋诗纪要》

26. Do not waste your youthful years idly, for there is nothing better in life than reading. —— From the "Essays on the Poetry of the Song Dynasty"

27. 举一而反三，闻一而知十，及学者用功之深，穷理之熟，然后能融会贯通，以至于此。――朱熹

27. One can generalize from one example to ten, and know ten things by hearing one. It is only after a scholar has deeply studied and mastered the principles that he can integrate and unify them, reaching this level. -- Zhu Xi

28. 为学之道，莫先于穷理;穷理之要，必先于读书。 ——朱熹

28. The way of learning is to first understand the principles; the key to understanding the principles lies in reading. ——Zhu Xi

29. 勿以恶小而为之，勿以善小而不为。

29. Do not do evil because it is small, and do not refrain from doing good because it is small.

30. 秦时明月汉时关，万里长征人未还。

30. Under the Moonlit Night of Qin, at the Pass of Han, the men of the Long March have not yet returned from ten thousand miles.

31. 动静相衬之美：高峰入云（静），清流见底（动）。青林翠竹（静）。五色交辉（动）。

31. The beauty of contrast between movement and stillness: The peak soaring into the clouds (still), the clear stream revealing its bottom (moving). Green forests and lush bamboo (still). The interplay of five colors (moving).

32. 人而无信，不知其可。

32. If a person has no integrity, it is uncertain whether he can be trusted.

33. 卖炭得钱何所营，身上衣裳口中食。

33. What is the profit from selling charcoal? Clothes on my back and food in my mouth.

34. 对亲人最大的爱，是看好自己别惹事。

34. The greatest love for one's family is to take good care of oneself and not cause any trouble.

35. 万里赴戎机，关山度若飞。

35. Journeying ten thousand miles to engage in war, crossing mountain passes as if flying.

36. 知识就是力量。

36. Knowledge is power.

37. 人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺。

37. People have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, just as the moon has its dark and bright phases, and full and waning shapes.

38. 障碍与失败，是通往成功最稳靠的踏脚石，肯研究利用它们，便能从失败中培养出成功。

38. Obstacles and failures are the most reliable stepping stones to success. By being willing to study and utilize them, one can cultivate success from failure.

39. 性格本身没有好坏之分，乐观和悲观对这个世界都有贡献，前者发明了飞机，后者发明了降落伞。

39. Character itself has no good or bad qualities. Optimism and pessimism both contribute to this world; the former invented the airplane, and the latter invented the parachute.

40. 独学而无友，则孤陋而寡闻。

40. If one studies alone without friends, they will be narrow-minded and have little knowledge.