壹個年輕人向蘇格拉底詢問成功的秘訣，蘇格拉底讓年輕人第二天早晨到河邊 見他。他們見面後，蘇格拉底叫年輕人和他壹起走向河裏，當河水淹至他們的 脖子時，蘇格拉底出其不意地抓住年輕人並把其壓入水中，那人想要掙出水面， 而強壯有力的蘇格拉底將他摁在水中直到他變得無力抗爭，臉色發青。蘇格拉 底將他的頭拖出水面，這個年輕人所做的第壹件事就是大口喘息後，深吸壹口 氣。蘇格拉底問： “當妳悶在水裏的時候妳最想要的是什麽？”年輕人回答說： “空氣。 ”蘇格拉底說： “那就是成功的秘訣。當妳像渴望空氣壹樣渴望成功， 妳就能夠獲得它！沒有其他的秘密了。 ”
《The Crow and The Pitcher》
A crow felt very thirsty. He looked for water everywhere. Finally, he found a pitcher.
But there was not a lot of water in the pitcher. His beak could not reach it. He tried again and again, but still could not touch the water.
When he was about to give up, an idea came to him. He took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher. Then he took another and dropped it in.
Gradually, the water rose, and the crow was able to drink the water.
《口渴的烏鴉》
壹只烏鴉口渴了，到處找水喝。終於，他找到了壹個大水罐。
然而，水罐裏面的水並不多，他的尖嘴夠不到水面，他試了壹次又壹次，都沒有成功。
就在他想放棄的時候，他突然想到壹個主意。烏鴉叼來了壹塊小石子投到水罐裏，接著又叼了壹塊又壹塊石頭放進去。
漸漸地，水面升高了。烏鴉高興地喝到了水。
寓意：有些東西雖然看起來微不足道，但如果積少成多，便會帶來很大變化
A spider and three
After the rain， a difficult spider to the wall has been fragmented network， due to damp walls， it must climb the height， it will fall， which one to climb， repeatedly falling and… No. a person to see， and he sighed to himself： "my life as this spider is not it? busy and no income." Thus， he increasingly depressed. See the second person， he said： this spider really stupid， why do not dry place from the next to climb up to look around? I'll be as stupid as it can not. Thus， he becomes wise up. See the third person， he immediately spiders keep the spirit of war touched. So he has become strong.
Tip： the mentality of those who are successful can be found everywhere the power of success.
壹只蜘蛛和三個人
雨後，壹只蜘蛛艱難地向墻上已經支離破碎的網爬去，由於墻壁潮濕，它爬到壹定的高度，就會掉下來，它壹次次地向上爬，壹次次地又掉下來……第壹個人看到了，他嘆了壹口氣，自言自語：“我的壹生不正如這只蜘蛛嗎?忙忙碌碌而無所得。”於是，他日漸消沈。第二個人看到了，他說：這只蜘蛛真愚蠢，為什麽不從旁邊幹燥的地方繞壹下爬上去?我以後可不能像它那樣愚蠢。於是，他變得聰明起來。第三個人看到了，他立刻被蜘蛛屢敗屢戰的精神感動了。於是，他變得堅強起來。