Quotes By 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
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
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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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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Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
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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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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.
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Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.
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You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.
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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.
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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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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
Pearl S. Buck