Happiness was waiting to be chosen.
I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old... - Wang Lung
The feet bear the burden of the body, the head the burden of the mind, and the heart the burden of the spirit.
If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.
Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds.
Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.
Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it, that I cannot think of heaven and the angels.
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on.
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.
To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
