“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation.”

“All things are possible until they are proved impossible and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.”

“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”

“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”

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

“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.”

“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.”