What A Man Does In His Own

Chinese Are Wise In Comprehending Without Many Words What Is Inevitable And Inescapable And Therefore Only To Be Borne.

Only People Who Are Assured Of Daily Food Can Concern Themselves With Matters Of Principle And Ethic. A Man Will Become A Slave Rather Than Starve.

There Is An Alchemy In Sorrow. It Can Be Transmuted Into Wisdom, Which, If It Does Not Bring Joy, Can Yet Bring Happiness.

The Secret Of Joy In Work Is Contained In One Word - Excellence. To Know How To Do Something Well Is To Enjoy It.

Now, Five Years Is Nothing In A Man's Life Except When He Is Very Young And Very Old... - Wang Lung