Exchange of views will create new vision, and more interactions bring friends closer.

²  单丝难成线，独木不成林。

A single thread cannot be spun into a cord. And a single tree cannot create a forest.

²  远亲不如近邻，近邻可成友邻。

A close neighbor is better than a kinsman afar, and close neighbors can become best friends.

²  基础实才会行得稳，动力足方能走得远。

Steady growth is possible only with a solid foundation just as long distance can be covered only by a vehicle with a high-powered engine.

²  己欲立而力人，己欲达而达人，己所不欲，勿施于人。

Those who want to establish themselves in society should begin by helping others to do so; those who want to become prosperous should help others to get rich first; and no one should do to others what he does not want others to do to himself.

²  千川汇海阔，风好正扬帆。

Facing the vast ocean that embraces thousands of streams, let us set sail now that the wind is fair.

²  急人所急，雪中送炭，是中国人崇尚的处世之道。

To take others’ concerns as one’s own and offer timely assistance when others are in need is how the Chinese conduct themselves.

²  众人拾柴火焰高。

When everybody puts firewood in the fire, the flame rises high.

²  同心合意，庶几有成。

When united with one heart and mind, success is secured.

²  “非洲之子”曼德拉说“在西方文明的浸染中，我始终没有忘记自己的非洲身份。”

Nelson Mandela, the proud “Son of Africa”, once said, “Western civilization did not completely erase my African origin.”

²  “蜘蛛合力，足以网住狮子”，这句埃塞俄比亚谚语生动揭示了一个朴素的真理：团结就是力量。

“When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion.” This Ethiopian proverb vividly portrays a simple truth that unity is strength.

²  一位诗人曾说：“和你一同笑过的人，你可能把他忘掉，但是和你一同哭过的人，你却永远忘不了。”

As a poet once said, “You may have forgotten the person whom you laughed with; but you will never forget the one whom you wept with.”