Occupation: Writer Birth: June 26, 1892 Death: March 6, 1973
An Englishman is never afraid of being laughed at. He just thinks the other fellow is a fool. But Americans still can't risk anybody laughing at them..
All birth is unwilling..
Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors..
It is natural anywhere that people like their own kind, but it is not necessarily natural that their fondness for their own kind should lead them to ….
Prejudice ... is a subjective emotion which expresses itself upon others only because of an inner necessity for release. The object is irrelevant and….
You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea..
Sooner or later the young always betrayed the old..
The concept of 'Momism' is male nonsense. It is the refuge of a man seeking excuses for his own lack of virility. I have listened to many women in va….
In this unbelievable universe in which we live, there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines, reaching into infinity, meet somewhere yonder..
When one commits one's self to an airborne craft and the door is fastened against earth and home, there is no escape even by running away. The result….
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame..
We learn as much from sorrow as from joy, as much from illness as from health, from handicap as from advantage and indeed perhaps more..
It is worse than folly... not to recognize the truth, for in it lies the tinder for tomorrow..
Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him..
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it..
In our changing world nothing changes more than geography..
A knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the present and be prepared for the future. Fate...is not the bli….
There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness..
to know how to read is to light a lamp in the mind, to release the soul from prison, to open a gate to the universe." from Pavilion of Women page 292.
The lack of emotional security of our American young people is due, I believe, to their isolation from the larger family unit. No two people - no mer….
I am always glad when any of my books can be put into an inexpensive edition, because I like to think that any people who might wish to read them can….