Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors. |
Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself. '' |
One faces the future with one's past. |
Order is the shape upon which beauty depends. |
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. |
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. |
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. |
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. |
Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. |
The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between its men and its women. |
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. |
The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in your ears and you are civilized. |
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. |
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. |
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. |