Quotes By Pearl S. Buck

Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it, that I cannot think of heaven and the angels.

Love alone could waken love.

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

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.

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.

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.

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

I am mentally bifocal.

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

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.

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.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women.

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

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

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