As food is to the body, so is learning to the mind. Our bodies grow
and muscles develop with the intake of food. Likewise, we should keep
learning day by day to maintain our mental power and expand our
intellectual capacity.
Constant learning supplies us with fuel for driving us to sharpen our
power of reasoning, analysis, and judgement. Continuous learning is the
best way to keep pace with the times in the information age.
It is a common misunderstanding to regard school as the only place
for the acquisition of knowledge. On the contrary, learning should be an
endless process, from the cradle to the grave. With the world changing
so fast, to stop learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind.
Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or
even worse, its fossilization. Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have
to take learning as a lifelong career.