The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.
In this unbelievable universe in which we live, there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines, reaching into infinity, meet somewhere yonder.
It is better not to say "lend." There is only giving.
Hunger makes a thief of any man.
Nothing 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.