There is no such condition in human affairs as absolute truth. There is only truth as people see it, and truth, even in fact, may be kaleidoscopic in its variety. The
And when the hour is come that has been set for each of us before ever we can walk or talk, then what need of mourning?
You must set forth and find the center of your interest. You are a creator, but you must find your interest and then dedicate yourself to that interest—not to the act of creativity. Merely to want to...
When I return to that house it will be with my son in my arms. I shall have a red coat on him and red-flowered trousers and on his head a hat with a small gilded Buddha sewn on the front and on his fe...
Western scholars, contemptible in their pretentious and shallow scholarship, have translated Tao as Way. How foolish! Tao is Spirit, the Spirit that permeates all heaven and all earth, even those far...
Wang Lung, seeing them, was fit to burst with pride at this procession of his goodly sons, who were to continue after him the life of his body;
Times were chosen and appointed. If one forced them, they were wrong.
They stood, eyes meeting eyes, yet neither took the next step toward the other. When I know what reward is great enough, she said, then I will give it to you. Because you live I am rewarded, he replie...
There in the silence of her own heart, she prayed the goddess to enlighten her and teach her mercy, and she prayed that Sakota might awaken to the grace of mercy shown her so that life could be saved....
The tears of the old come as easily as the tears of children,
It is not that we cannot believe, he replied. It is that we do not want anything enough. Faith rises from necessity. We have no necessity.
I do not know when it is that the joy fades out of school for most children, so that they end not only by hating school but even worse, by hating books, and this is grave indeed, for in books alone is...
From the stars, she thought, doubtless all things are seen.
As life has proved, it is true that a woman's body is more important than her mind. She alone can create new human creatures. Were it not for her, the race of man would cease to exist. Into her body,...
And listening to all the things they would do if they had these things, Wang Lung heard only of how much they would eat and sleep, and of what dainties they would eat that they had never tasted,and ho...
Once the "what" is decided the "how" always follows. We must not make the "how" an excuse for not facing and accepting the "what."
It is better to be first with an ugly woman than the hundreth with a beauty.
The superior man leads not by violence or by coarse physical acts but by the pure intelligence of a wise mind.
You are right, he had said. Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself. That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his...
Yes, she now believed that when her body died, her soul would go on. Gods she did not worship, and faith she had none, but love she had and forever. Love alone had awakened her sleeping soul and had m...