“Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.”

“Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old...- Wang Lung”

“Every mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.”

“If there is no other life, then this one has been enough to make it worth being born myself...a human being.”

“I have enough for this life. If there is no other life, then this one has been enough to make it worth being born, myself a human being”

“To understand what happens now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely there, and therefore a knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the present and be prepared for the future.”

“Is our Heaven your God, and is your God our Heaven?' she inquired.'They are one and the same,' he replied...'There is only one true God. He has many names.''Then anywhere upon the round earth, by whatever seas, those who believe in any God believe in the One?' she asked.'And so are brothers,' he said, agreeing.'And if I do not believe in any?' she inquired willfully.'God is patient,' he said. 'God waits. Is there not eternity?”