Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old... - Wang Lung
Pearl S. BuckRead
I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes trust and belief in humanity over organized faiths or doctrines.
Pearl S. Buck's quote highlights the importance of placing faith in human beings, suggesting that one's belief in the goodness and capability of people can be a fulfilling and sufficient source of strength. It reflects a perspective that prioritizes human connections and the shared experiences of humanity as a foundation for one's values and actions, rather than relying on external religious structures.
Themes
FaithHumanityTrustBeliefConnection
In practice
Example use cases
Use this quote in a motivational speech to emphasize the power of teamwork and collaboration.
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All quotes βYou are free when you gain back yourself,β Madame Wu said. βYou can be as free within these walls as you could be in the whole world. And how could you be free if, however far you wander, you still carry inside yourself the constant thought of him? See where you belong in the stream of life. Let it flow through you, cool and strong. Do not dam it with your two hands, lest he break the dam and so escape you. Let him go free, and you will be free.
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We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave.
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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 mere father and mother - as I have often said, are enough to provide emotional security for a child. He needs to feel himself one in a world of kinfolk, persons of variety in age and temperament, and yet allied to himself by an indissoluble bond which he cannot break if he could, for nature has welded him into it before he was born.
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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.
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