Pearl S. Buck Quotes

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Pearl S. Buck

Profession : Novelist

Birth : June 26, 1892

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

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

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.

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.

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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.

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Love alone could waken love.

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.

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A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

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Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

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None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

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To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

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Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.

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The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.

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If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.

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To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

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Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.

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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.

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All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.

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You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

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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