The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)

by Pearl S. Buck

Then there was always distrust of that which one did not know and understand. It is not well for a man to know more than is necessary for his daily living.

Then the good land did again its healing work and the sun shone on him and healed him and the warm winds of summer wrapped him about with peace. And as if to cure him of the root of his ceaseless thought of his own troubles, there came out of the south one day a small slight cloud.