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.
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds.
Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.
Love dies only when growth stops.
Love alone could waken love.
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.
Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.
Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.
It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.
Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.
If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.
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.
Hunger makes a thief of any man.