The greatest use of a life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
出自先秦《荀子·礼论》。生是人的开始，死是人的终结。开始与终结都做得好，那么他的为人之道就完善了。说明意在劝人行仁行善，要善始善终。
释义：小的善行虽然不能带来巨大的好处，但是不能不做；小的恶行虽然不能惹来灾祸，但是不能不改。
成为不朽者最难的部分是看着所有你爱的人死去。
Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.