Studying without thinking is useless, thinking without studying is dangerous.

 Studying without thinking is useless, thinking without studying is dangerous.

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"If you only learn and don't think, you won't gain anything; if you only think and don't study, you're in danger."


- Analects, Wijeong



Ideas form an important axis along with learning in the method of learning.


Studying should not be limited to acquiring knowledge, but it must go through the process of thinking to understand its meaning, apply it in your life, and reach the stage of putting it into practice.


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When you see and hear, you should try to see and hear what is bright and right.


Man is a being made up of experiences of seeing and hearing, and he reveals himself by speaking and acting.


Therefore, you should pick out the bad ones and not judge them on your own. In particular, if you are caught up in the prejudices and preconceived notions that come from your narrow experience in relation to people or seeing things, you will not be able to see reality properly.


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“When I see things that will be beneficial, I think about whether I am righteous.”


The teaching is not to focus on immediate gains, but first to consider whether the work is righteous and then take action.


The more you try to have it, the more it goes away.


The more I have, the more I fear that I will lose it, or that someone will take it away.


My heart is always aching because of the desire to have more.


Rather, isn't it the greatest benefit and the real benefit to share the wealth and leave a beautiful deed?


A true attitude towards wealth,


"Let's think and live."


It's a word we use often.


In all aspects of life, you must think without conforming to the flow and do not stop thinking about it, but live by doing. At that time, the necessary posture is 'pause for a moment. If you can pause and catch your breath in front of something important, your mind will be calm and you will have more time to think.


It is also an idea to honour us.


Realizing one's own shortcomings and standing in front of people and the world is not to be humbled, but to reveal the dignity God has given you.


The power to overcome the age of humiliation and shamelessness may lie in thinking and living.

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