Pearl S. Buck Quotes

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

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of... -Pearl S. Buck

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

Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hop... -Pearl S. Buck

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

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The quote asserts that life devoid of idealism or visionary aspirations is devoid of meaning, implying that hope is necessary for sustenance or survival in such circumstances.

One faces the future with one's past.

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

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself.

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.

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.

Love dies only when growth stops.

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

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.

Love alone could waken love.

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is ... -Pearl S. Buck

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.

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.

We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave.

Self-expression must pass into communication for i... -Pearl S. Buck

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

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

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you f... -Pearl S. Buck

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

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

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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