Truth is always exciting. Speak it then. Life is dull without it.
-Pearl Buck, 1892-1973, American author and Nobel Prize winner
Historical note: Pearl Buck was born in West Virginia, USA but spent most of the first 40 years of her life living in China.
Archive for May 19th, 2008
Truth
Posted in Quotation, tagged Buck, dull, life, Pearl Buck, truth on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Character
Posted in Quotation, tagged character, daily life, Goethe, Johann Goethe, life, turmoil on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What is the true test of character unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, German writer and philosopher
Praise
Posted in Quotation, tagged Fuller, good men, praise, Thomas Fuller on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Praise makes good men better and bad men worse.
-Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661.
