读书时，我愿在每一个美好思想的面前停留，就像在每一条真理面前停留一样。When I read, I would like to stay in front of every good thought, just like in front of every truth.
我并没有什么方法，只是对于一件事情很长时间很热心地去考虑罢了。I don’t have any way to do it. I just think about it enthusiastically for a long time.
我从来不记在辞典上已经印有的东西。我的记忆力是运用来记忆书本上还没有的东西。I never remember anything printed in the dictionary. My memory is used to remember things that are not in books.
有阅读能力而不愿读好书的人，和文盲没有两样。There is no difference between a person who is able to read and a person who is unwilling to read a good book.
读书和学习是在别人思想和知识的帮助下，建立起自己的思想和知识。Reading and learning is to build up one’s own thoughts and knowledge with the help of others’thoughts and knowledge.
读死书是害己，一开口就害人；但不读书也并名人不见得好。Reading a dead book is harmful to oneself, but it is not good to read without celebrities.
有事业的峰峦上，有汗水的溪流飞淌；在智慧的珍珠里，有勤奋的心血闪光。On the hills of career, sweat streams flow; in the Pearl of wisdom, there is a sparkle of diligence.
人天天都学到一点东西，而往往所学到的是发现昨日学到的是错的。Every day one learns something, and what he often learns is to find out what he learned yesterday is wrong.
观书亦须从头循序而进，可以浅深难易有所取舍，自然意味详密。Reading must also proceed from the beginning in a sequential manner, which can be shallow, deep and easy to choose from, with a detailed natural meaning.
心之官则思，思则得之，不思则不得也。The official of the heart thinks, thinks and gets, but does not think but does not.
书籍是天才留给人类的遗产，世代相传，更是给予那些尚未出世的人的礼物。Books are the legacy of genius to mankind, handed down from generation to generation, and are gifts to those who have not yet been born.
要学会读书，必须首先读的非常慢，直到最后值得你精读的一本书，还是应该很慢地读。To learn to read, you must first read very slowly, until the last book is worth your intensive reading, or you should read very slowly.
一滴水是透明的，然而，深厚的海洋却变成蓝色的了。A drop of water is transparent, but the deep ocean turns blue.
真正的读书使瞌睡者醒来，给未定目标者选择适当的目标。正当的书籍指示人以正道，使其避免误入歧途。Real reading wakes the sleepy and chooses the right goal for the undetermined. Proper books instruct people to be on the right track so as to avoid going astray.
无所不能的人实在一无所能，无所不专的专家实在是一无所专。An omnipotent person can do nothing, and an omnipotent expert can do nothing.
人生有一道难题，那就是如何使一寸光阴等于一寸生命。There is a difficult problem in life, that is, how to make an inch of time equal to an inch of life.
读书如吃饭，善吃饭者长精神，不善吃饭者生疾病。Reading is like eating. Those who are good at eating are spiritual. Those who are not good at eating are sick.
读书是最好的学习。追随伟大人物的思想，是最富有趣味的一门科学。Reading is the best study. Following the thoughts of great men is the most interesting science.
与其用华丽的外衣装饰自己，不如用知识武装自己。It is better to arm oneself with knowledge than to adorn oneself with gorgeous clothes.
有志气的人活在世上，应当敢于跟各种不利于国家的行为作斗争，哪能只满足于处理好自己小家的小事呢？People with ambition live in the world. They should dare to fight against all kinds of actions that are not conducive to the country. How can they be satisfied with dealing with the trifles of their own family?