Chinese Quotes About Learning and Growth

Teaching and learning cause each other to grow.

Plain meaningTeachers and students can improve through one another.

To believe books completely is worse than having no books.

Plain meaningRead seriously, but do not surrender your judgment to the page.

A student need not be inferior to the teacher, nor must a teacher be superior to the student.

Plain meaningStudents can surpass teachers, and expertise can differ by subject.

Review what is old and understand what is new; then one can serve as a teacher.

Plain meaningReturn to what you know until it yields a new understanding.

When you see a worthy person, think of becoming their equal; when you see someone unworthy, examine yourself within.

Plain meaningLearn from good examples, and use bad examples to inspect yourself.

What is gained from paper always feels shallow; to truly know it, one must practice it.

Plain meaningReal understanding comes through doing.

Who among people is without fault? To err and then correct it—no goodness is greater.

Plain meaningEveryone makes mistakes; what matters is changing.

To see a thousand miles farther, climb one story higher.

Plain meaningRaise your level if you want a wider view.

Learn without weariness and teach others without tiring.

Plain meaningKeep learning, and teach with patience.

You cannot speak of the sea to a frog in a well, constrained by its place; nor of ice to a summer insect, bound by its season.

Plain meaningPeople can be limited by the world they have experienced.

People are not born knowing; who can be without questions?

Plain meaningNot knowing is normal—ask and learn.

If you carve and give up, even rotten wood will not break; if you carve without stopping, metal and stone can be engraved.

Plain meaningPersistence makes even the hardest goal yield.