“We must have hope or starve to death.”

“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.”

“Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old... - Wang Lung”