It is better to learn early of the inevitable depths, for then sorrow and death can take their proper place in life, and one is not afraid.
Pearl S. Buckdoing and being are very closely tied together, and unless you are doing what you secretly want to do, you aren't able to be the sort of person you want to be.
Pearl S. BuckNothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors. They are the oldest civilized people on earth. Their civilization passes through phases but its basic characteristics remain the same. They yield, they bend to the wind, but they never break.
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