"Those who want to die will live, and those who want to live will die." That is a good teaching, centering on the principles of the universe. We cannot ignore the truth of this teaching. Anyone who wants to succeed should devote himself to his motivation. Such a person can succeed quickly, can't he? Can he, or can't he?

If a man wants to realize his object through the higher civil service examination, he should spare no pains and put his heart and soul into his motivation. Then the time for him to succeed to pass the examination will come near. Even though you pray for it to go away, rather it will come near. It is a natural principle. (61-269)

If you are sleepy at a desk, you should say with tears in your voice, "Where are your manners, my hands and eyes? Don't you know God is waiting for me?" In the case that you are overpowered with drowsiness, you should bury yourself in your work, pinching yourself to drive the sleep away, shedding tears and praying until dawn that you can be connected to the Heaven's blessing. In short, a ladder from Heaven is set up for you. (130-312)

Therefore, I will make you study until you become all skin and bone. I mean your back shall be crooked. (184-315)

When you study, are you going to bury yourself in your study, or study with an abstracted air? Are you going to be an honor graduate who has had no sleep, or a failed student who has slept? [Honor graduate without sleeping] Fortunately, you want it. (97-71)

As you know, when you want to complete a course in primary school, your effort must be merged with your teacher. It is the same case in middle school, high school, and the university.

To complete your purpose 100 percent is extremely difficult. Then, what is the attitude of the man who can fulfill his purpose? What attitude should you hold? To do so you should think about only one thing, not many different things. To study you should concentrate your whole attention upon your purpose and make every possible effort. If you say, "After breakfast, I will play away my time. This afternoon, I will meet my friend," you would be wasting your time. (104-95)

When you say, " He is good at his studies," what does he have to do to be good at his studies? He may of course have a clear head and make utmost efforts, but he should be a student who always thinks about his studies and thinks his studying is the priority of his life.

Such a student may be good at his studies. He doesn't have any different things such as wanton thoughts in his mind. Consequently the teacher's contents are recorded clearly in his head. When he studies a foreign language, he should first think which nation's language he is studying and should go into its sphere of life and look and feel all things in its situations. Then he should associate the language he is studying with the facts he found, in order to come into a perfect understanding. Such a student can be good at his studies. (161-130)