Growth Itself Contains The Germ

It Is Difficult Not To Wonder Whether That Combination Of Elements Which Produces A Machine For Labor Does Not Create Also A Soul Of Sorts, A Dull Resentful Metallic Will, Which Can Rebel At Times.

Destructiveness Comes Only When Life Isn't Lived. People Who Can Live Their Lives Don't Destroy Themselves.

There Was An Old Abbot In One Temple And He Said Something Of Which I Think Often And It Was This, That When Men Destroy Their Old Gods They Will Find New Ones To Take Their Place.

He Saw On The Paper A Picture Of A Man, White-skinned, Who Hung Upon A Crosspiece Of Wood. The Man Was Without Clothes Except For A Bit About His Loins, And To All Appearences He Was Dead, Since His Head Drooped Upon His Shoulder And His Eyes Were Closed Above His Bearded Lips. Wang Lung Looked At The Pictured Man In Horror And With Increasing Interest.

If Our American Way Of Life Fails The Child, It Fails Us All.