Quotes By Pearl S. Buck
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
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.
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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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The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women.
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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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What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.
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I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
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The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.
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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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We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.
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When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
Pearl S. Buck