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.
I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.
Les gens se sentent seuls quand ils rêvent .
The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is a...
Love dies only when growth stops.
If China is not our suzerain!
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
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.
The doctrine of isolationism and
After the ancient ondul fashion.
Who rules well is always hated.
There was no need to hurry that future—yet the length of his own youth pressed upon him. Whatever he was to do next he wanted to begin now. But how to begin and on what?
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
Buddhist sutra, the Tripitaka.
Your sons
You cannot be happy until you understand that life is sad,
Pakdusan, Mount of Eternal Snow,
To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.
The narrator refers to a character as an oily scoundrel whose hands were heavy with the money that stuck to them.