Quotes from Yoshiko Uchida

The secret to wisdom is curiosity.

When you do what you know is right,' Father explained, 'you find a dignity in yourself that makes you a happy person.

One smiling woman shook my hand and said, 'My, but you speak English so beautifully.' She had meant to compliment me, but I was so astonished,, I didn't know what to say. I realized she had seen only my outer self — my Japanese face — and addressed me as a foreigner. I knew then that I would always be different, even thought I wanted so badly to like my white American friends.