There was an old abbot in one temple and he said something of which I think often and it was this, that when men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

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

When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.

It is not healthy when a nation lives within a nation, as colored Americans are living inside America. A nation cannot live confident of its tomorrow if its refugees are among its own citizens.

Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself.

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.