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 time had come for him to use a dangerous weapon. Venerable, he said, if the Emperor’s manhood was destroyed, how is it that he begot a son and one so sturdy as the young Emperor?
The rich are always afraid.
The mistakes of history bring relentless reprisals.
Out of the woman's great brown breast the milk gushed forth for the child, milk as white as snow, and when the child suckled at the one breast it flowed like a fountain from the other, ans she let it...
It was Wang Lung's marriage day.
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...
When hope is taken away from the people moral degeneration follows swiftly after.
Thing and it could be sold for a heap of silver and sometimes
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 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...
To hate another human being is to take a worm into one’s own vitals. It consumes life.
This imperial woman, so diverse and rich in her genius, might have chosen her own greatness had she been able to single one gift above another, but she could not make her own choice of what she loved...
This country of his was not like some others he had heard of, where only in war was there work enough to be done. He had often sat listening in the tea shop to those who talked of things they had seen...
That is what I hate most about this war game. It cuts off communication between peoples. We cannot ask questions and so we cannot get answers.
Spring passed and summer passed into harvest and in the hot autumn sun before winter comes Wang Lung sat where his father had sat against the wall. And he thought no more about anything now except his...
Love changes, she replied. When the flame dies, the glow remains, but it no longer centers upon one human creature and it warms the whole soul. Then the soul looks at all human creatures with love dif...
Know thy neighbor as thyself. That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself...this is...