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| acf36c0 | For the soul of man is born fresh in every child, and there is an age in every creature, unless he is debased too young, when for a time he sees clearly the difference between truth and falsehood, and hypocrisy infuriates him. He cannot forgive those who should be true and instead are liars. This fury, I believe, is the first cause for revolutions throughout history. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| fdc1618 | Why should we hate them? Because ours is the only true civilization! Even in science -- consider that we invented the sternpost rudder twelve hundred years before the Europeans did! Fore-and-aft sails in the third century! Treadmill paddle wheel for boats five hundred years later! Warships with rams and twenty paddle wheels by the twelfth century -- the British thought we had copied theirs, the fools! In the thirteenth century we had ships .. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 12a510f | In the ancient Book of History, upon which Confucius himself based his philosophy, it is said... The people must be cherished, The people must not be oppressed, The people are the root of the country. If the root is firm, the country is tranquil. And you remember, she continued, that, when asked which was most important to a state, food, weapons or the trust of the people, the sage replied that weapons could be given up, and even food be s.. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 7e0cb6c | This scroll, five hundred years old and more, had been inspired by her favorite, the great Wang Wei, master of landscape art, who had painted the scenes from his own home, where he lived for thirty years before he died. Now behind the palace walls on this winter's day, where she could see only sky and falling snow, Tzu His gazed upon the green landscapes of continuing spring. One landscape melted into another as slowly she unrolled the scro.. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 7e6e942 | the superior man leads not by violence or by coarse physical acts but by the pure intelligence of a wise mind. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 39a8bc4 | Hope must come out of what we have, or it is not hope, but a dream. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 570e722 | His problem was the eternal question: What should he be? Inventor, scientist, artist--the energy he felt surging through him, an energy far more than physical and yet pervading the restlessness of his body, was a burden to him until he could find the path for its release. | pearl-s-buck the-eternal-wonder | Pearl S. Buck | |
| 21eff92 | Whatever came to him was good. It was life. It was knowledge. | pearl-s-buck quotes-about-life the-eternal-wonder | Pearl S. Buck | |
| 7638e02 | For he came to perceive that since people were his study, his teachers, the objects through which he could satisfy his persistent wonder about life itself, his own being among others, wherever he lived for the moment, there was his home. | learning pearl-s-buck quotes-about-life the-eternal-wonder | Pearl S. Buck | |
| a4d9a2a | Western scholars, contemptible in their pretentious and shallow scholarship, have translated Tao as Way. How foolish! Tao is Spirit, the Spirit that permeates all heaven and all earth, even those far beyond ours. Tao includes all that is not, and all that is; Lao Tzu describes it in these words. Silent, aloof, alone, It changes not, nor fails, but touches all. I do not know its name, One name for it is Tao. Pressed for designation, I call .. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 958c0e8 | the relationships between the five elements. What are the five elements? They are wood, fire, earth, metal, water. These create, and also destroy, each other.... On the side of creation, wood creates fire; fire, as ash, creates earth. In earth there is metal: metal melts to become liquid. Water creates trees, or wood. On the side of destruction, wood consumes water through trees; earth can stop water; water destroys fire; fire destroys meta.. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| ace65ce | All that had been was now no more. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 25bafd3 | Just as he lived with them alive, he will live with them dead. Someday he will accept their death as part of his life. He will weep no more. He will carry them in his memory and his thoughts. His flesh and blood are part of them. So long as he is alive, they, too, will live in him. The big wave came, but it went away. The sun shines again, birds sing, and earth flowers. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 412aeb9 | To live in the midst of danger is to know how good life is," his father replied. "But if we are lost in the danger?" Kino asked anxiously. "To live in the presence of death makes us brave and strong," Kino's father replied. "That is why our people never fear death. We see it too often and we do not fear it. To die a little later or a little sooner does not matter. But to live bravely, to lobe life, to see how beautiful the trees are and t.. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 1f995ec | It was in those days that I learned to distinguish between the two kinds of people in the world: those who have known inescapable sorrow and those who have not. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 3256b9e | Surrendered people obey God's word, even if it doesn't make sense. | Rick Warren | ||
| 2d5a5d7 | Friendship between tow persons, or two nations, is an unbreakable bond, a tie which cannot be cut. An honourable heart does not cast aside a friend because he is in trouble, nor even if he changes his nature and becomes a criminal. Between two nations friendship must also be eternal, else the friend is false and being false in one event was always false. And what was our crime against the Americans? The Great Change? But is it a crime to ch.. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 2129704 | don't know what to tell you," he said slowly. "I have not had time to think much about myself. Wherever I have been--at least until now, I have been mostly alone. The others were always much bigger--much older." He paused to consider himself in the past. "Older in years, that is," he amended. "I've always been too old for myself." She looked at him thoughtfully. "Then you have an old soul." | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 6d26e10 | Body and soul are partners, and neither must desert the other. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| a7df383 | Times were chosen and appointed. If one forced them, they were wrong. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 5a6b31d | Long ago she had learned that to seem to yield is always stronger than to show resistance, and to acknowledge a fault quickly is always to show an invincible rectitude. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 1a9edfe | From the stars," she thought, "doubtless all things are seen." | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| cfc5d16 | And as for equality, are the fingers on one hand equal in length? Each has its place. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| db07503 | Well, and you may have lived in the courts of the Old Lord, and you were accounted beautiful, but I have been a man's wife and I have borne him sons, and you are still a slave. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| f992ccb | It is not well for a man to know more than is necessary for his daily living. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 557e440 | If the belly is full," she said, "if we could know that it would always be full, men would be idle and laugh and play games like children, and then we would have peace and happiness." | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 0060323 | there is no such condition in human affairs as absolute truth. There is only truth as people see it, and truth, even in fact, may be kaleidoscopic in its variety. The | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| a86842b | Learn the good that you can of the foreign people and reject the unsuitable. | Pearl S. Buck | ||
| 5b5f0bf | God does not play dice. ALBERT EINSTEIN | Rick Warren | ||
| 163b74d | Without faith it is impossible to please God. | Rick Warren | ||
| 6b676bf | Your identity is in eternity, and your homeland is heaven. When you grasp this truth, you will stop worrying about "having it all" on earth. God is very blunt about the danger of living for the here and now and adopting the values, priorities, and lifestyles of the world around us. When we flirt with the temptations of this world, God calls it spiritual adultery. The Bible says, "You're cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flir.. | Rick Warren | ||
| d981b58 | Love means giving up - yielding my preferences, comfort, goals, security, money, energy, or time for the benefit of someone else. | Rick Warren (Author) | ||
| 92cfe43 | If you want to know how valuable your life is to God, just look at the cross. With his arms outstretched, nailed to the cross, Jesus was saying, "This is how valuable you are to me. I love you this much! I'd rather die than live without you." You are priceless." | Rick Warren | ||
| b0d2ffe | You know you're surrendered to God when you rely on God to work things out instead of trying to manipulate others, force your agenda, and control the situation. You let go and let God work. You don't have to always be "in charge." The Bible says, "Surrender yourself to the Lord, and wait patiently for him." | Rick Warren | ||
| 833d403 | God's purpose is not limited by your past. | Rick Warren | ||
| d56f79f | Why you do what you do matters the most to God. | Rick Warren | ||
| bf65987 | IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It's far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose. | Rick Warren | ||
| 6c3df36 | Remember, you will take your character into eternity, but not your career. | Rick Warren | ||
| d8a4104 | by God and for God--and until you understand | Rick Warren | ||
| 5d1310c | My friend J. Warner Wallace is one of the most thoughtful and winsome apologists for the gospel I know. Cold-Case Christianity is literally packed with insights to share with the skeptics in your life, and this book will give you the confidence to share it!" Dr. Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life and pastor of Saddleback Church" | J. Warner Wallace | ||
| f176e7a | here is the good news, the truth that will set you free: You don't need their approval to be happy! So let it go! Stop wasting emotional energy on something that is never going to happen and something that isn't necessary for you to be happy. They are miserable, but you don't have to be. There is no sane reason for both of you to be miserable! | Rick Warren | ||
| d8df939 | One day God will review your answers to these life questions. Did you put Jesus at the center of your life? Did you develop his character? Did you devote your life to serving others? Did you communicate his message and fulfill his mission? Did you love and participate in his family? These are the only issues that will count. As Paul said, "Our goal is to measure up to God's plan for us."21" | Rick Warren | ||
| f135200 | What are you doing personally to make your church family more warm and loving? There are many people in your community who are looking for love and a place to belong. The truth is, everyone needs and wants to be loved, and when people find a church where members genuinely love and care for each other, you would have to lock the doors to keep them away. | Rick Warren | ||
| 0eca409 | While life on earth offers many choices, eternity offers only two: heaven or hell. Your relationship to God on earth will determine your relationship to him in eternity. | Rick Warren |