Pearl S. Buck Quotes:
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
Pearl S. Buck
All things are possible until they are proved impossible – and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.
Pearl S. Buck
I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.
Pearl S. Buck
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Pearl S. Buck
To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.
Pearl S. Buck
The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women.
Pearl S. Buck
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To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.
Pearl S. Buck
Source: The Guardian
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.
Pearl S. Buck
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.
Pearl S. Buck
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.
Pearl S. Buck
Love dies only when growth stops.
Pearl S. Buck
You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.
Pearl S. Buck
One faces the future with one’s past.
Pearl S. Buck
I am mentally bifocal.
Pearl S. Buck
Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself.
Pearl S. Buck
A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
Pearl S. Buck
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
Pearl S. Buck
Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.
Pearl S. Buck
Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on.
Pearl S. Buck
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.
Pearl S. Buck
Love alone could waken love.
Pearl S. Buck
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When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.
Pearl S. Buck
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
Pearl S. Buck
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.
Pearl S. Buck
Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.
Pearl S. Buck
Hunger makes a thief of any man.
Pearl S. Buck