#th

Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it, that I cannot think of heaven and the angels. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#angels #cannot #confucius #earth #heaven

Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in. ↗

— James Buchan

#always #charge #democracies #estates #extend

Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with. ↗

— Skeet Ulrich

#deal #directors #hard #hard thing #thing

Man dies of cold, not of darkness. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#cold #darkness #dies #man

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#find #friend #go #going #looking

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#better #dead #discover #had #know

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#contains #germ #growth #itself

Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#good #itself #life #man #marriage

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#bravado #bravery #creature #discovers #fool

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#kiss #kissing #love #most #mothers