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“All things are possible until they are proved impossible-and even the impossible may only be so as of now.”
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“All things are possible until they are proved impossible-and even the impossible may only be so as of now.”
“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.”
“Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
“I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.”
“Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.”
“A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.”
“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.”
“What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.”
“I am comforted by life's stability, by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place in the unfolding of knowledge.”
“Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.”
“One faces the future with one's past.”
“When we know what we want to prove, we go out and find our facts. They are always there.”
“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.”
“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.”
“Introversion, at least if extreme, is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity.”
“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.”
“When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.”
“Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.”
“We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.”
“You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.”
“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.”
“Hunger makes a thief of any man.”
“Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.”
“I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth.”
“Once the "what" is decided, the "how" always follows. We must not make the "how" an excuse for not facing and accepting the "what."”
“Happiness was waiting to be chosen.”
“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible-and achieve it, generation after generation.”
“We must have hope or starve to death.”
“Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.”
“When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.”
“To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.”
“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.”
“Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old... - Wang Lung”
“When hope is taken away from the people, moral degeneration follows swiftly after.”
“Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.”
“A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.”
“We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave.”
“Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.”
“Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds.”
“In this unbelievable universe in which we live, there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines, reaching into infinity, meet somewhere yonder.”
“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.”
“Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.”
“If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.”
“The feet bear the burden of the body, the head the burden of the mind, and the heart the burden of the spirit.”