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Pearl S. Buck quotes: Life is stronger than death. Life is stronger than death.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: I learned to distinguish between the two kinds of people in the world: those who have known inescapable sorrow and those who have not. I learned to distinguish between the two kinds of people in the world: those who have known inescapable sorrow and those who have not.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love? Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love?
Pearl S. Buck quotes: To those at the great house it means nothing, this handful of earth, but to me it means how much!" (Buck, 57) To those at the great house it means nothing, this handful of earth, but to me it means how much!" (Buck, 57)
Pearl S. Buck quotes: The rich are always afraid. The rich are always afraid.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: and his voice came from him in a whisper, and his voice came from him in a whisper,
Pearl S. Buck quotes: You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea. You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Introversion, at least if extreme, is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity. Introversion, at least if extreme, is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Learn the good that you can of the foreign people and reject the unsuitable. Learn the good that you can of the foreign people and reject the unsuitable.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: This is I. I am as you see me. I do not care to be otherwise. This is I. I am as you see me. I do not care to be otherwise.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: None on earth can love those who declare that they alone are the sons of God. None on earth can love those who declare that they alone are the sons of God.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it. The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds. Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: It is easy to overthrow a government but very difficult to build a new one ... It is easy to overthrow a government but very difficult to build a new one ...
Pearl S. Buck quotes: A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated - and turned out to grass. A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated - and turned out to grass.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Nothing is menial where there is love. Nothing is menial where there is love.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: The tears of the old come as easily as the tears of children, The tears of the old come as easily as the tears of children,
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Euthanasia is a long, smooth-sounding word, and it conceals its danger as long, smooth words do, but the danger is there, nevertheless. Euthanasia is a long, smooth-sounding word, and it conceals its danger as long, smooth words do, but the danger is there, nevertheless.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: There is, of course, a difference between what one seizes and what one really possesses. There is, of course, a difference between what one seizes and what one really possesses.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Well, and they must all starve if the plants starve." 'It was true that all their lives depended upon the earth' (Buck, 71). Well, and they must all starve if the plants starve." 'It was true that all their lives depended upon the earth' (Buck, 71).
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Religion was their meat and their excitement, their mental food and their emotional pleasure. Religion was their meat and their excitement, their mental food and their emotional pleasure.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: If I have learned anything in my long life it is to be grateful for every occasion when I followed my sympathies and avoided my antipathies. If I have learned anything in my long life it is to be grateful for every occasion when I followed my sympathies and avoided my antipathies.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: However impatient she might be in the day, however filled with little sudden angers, at night she was all tenderness. However impatient she might be in the day, however filled with little sudden angers, at night she was all tenderness.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: From the stars," she thought, "doubtless all things are seen. From the stars," she thought, "doubtless all things are seen.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself. Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death. Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: The older a people grows, the more it absorbs its own landscape and builds to it. The older a people grows, the more it absorbs its own landscape and builds to it.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Drive out the tiger by the front gate and let in the wolf by the back gate, ... Drive out the tiger by the front gate and let in the wolf by the back gate, ...
Pearl S. Buck quotes: The mind that doggedly insists on prejudice often has not intelligence enough to change. The mind that doggedly insists on prejudice often has not intelligence enough to change.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Life is the wonder with which we are all infused. Life is the wonder with which we are all infused.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: I reminded myself that time takes care of many things. Asia had thought me that. I reminded myself that time takes care of many things. Asia had thought me that.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: None but the ignorant can be bored by life. To the lovers of learning, life is pure adventure shared with adventurers. None but the ignorant can be bored by life. To the lovers of learning, life is pure adventure shared with adventurers.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Write a novel if you must, but think of money as an unlikely accident. Get your reward out of writing it, and try to be content with that. Write a novel if you must, but think of money as an unlikely accident. Get your reward out of writing it, and try to be content with that.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place. When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Nations, like individuals, can only learn by their own individual experience." Yul-chun Nations, like individuals, can only learn by their own individual experience." Yul-chun
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Sooner or later the young always betrayed the old. Sooner or later the young always betrayed the old.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: God is not in the vastness of greatness. He is hid in the vastness of smallness . He is not in the general. He is in the particular. God is not in the vastness of greatness. He is hid in the vastness of smallness . He is not in the general. He is in the particular.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: It was Wang Lung's marriage day. It was Wang Lung's marriage day.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: I should like to penetrate your mind with my own," he said. "I should like to pierce the mysteries of your soul. I should like to penetrate your mind with my own," he said. "I should like to pierce the mysteries of your soul.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Purposeless activity may be a phase of death. Purposeless activity may be a phase of death.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: I don't wait for moods - you'd never get anything done if you did. I don't wait for moods - you'd never get anything done if you did.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: God - if there is a God - would not choose one man above another or one people above another. God - if there is a God - would not choose one man above another or one people above another.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: If life were known one moment ahead, how could it be endured? If life were known one moment ahead, how could it be endured?
Pearl S. Buck quotes: And roots, if they are to bear fruits, must be kept well in the soil of the land. And roots, if they are to bear fruits, must be kept well in the soil of the land.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: The vicious result of privilege is that the creature who receives it becomes incapacitated by it as by a disease. The vicious result of privilege is that the creature who receives it becomes incapacitated by it as by a disease.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Vermont is a country unto itself. Vermont is a country unto itself.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: There is no beauty without order. There is no beauty without order.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love. A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up. Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Of course imagination is the beginning of creation. Without imagination there can be no creation. Of course imagination is the beginning of creation. Without imagination there can be no creation.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Fatalism is a false premise. What will be is not necessarily what must be ... Fatalism is a false premise. What will be is not necessarily what must be ...
Pearl S. Buck quotes: When we know what we want to prove, we go out and find our facts. They are always there. When we know what we want to prove, we go out and find our facts. They are always there.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: It is easy to destroy but hard to create. Remember that, when you want to destroy something." The It is easy to destroy but hard to create. Remember that, when you want to destroy something." The
Pearl S. Buck quotes: He could have been lonely except that he was never lonely, since he had always been alone. He could have been lonely except that he was never lonely, since he had always been alone.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him. Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Some of the biggest failures I ever had were successes. Some of the biggest failures I ever had were successes.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: The head raised too high even in good will be struck off too soon. The head raised too high even in good will be struck off too soon.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail. When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: I don't know, Pierce. But I do know that when men are frightened and discontented they gather around any man who is not afraid. I don't know, Pierce. But I do know that when men are frightened and discontented they gather around any man who is not afraid.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: He had other fires and these flamed higher than Love. He had other fires and these flamed higher than Love.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: There will never cease to be ferment in the world unless people are sure of their food. There will never cease to be ferment in the world unless people are sure of their food.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Can one spit on a smiling face?" he inquired; or he said, "Vengeance cannot last a night's sleep. Can one spit on a smiling face?" he inquired; or he said, "Vengeance cannot last a night's sleep.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: One faces the future with one's past. One faces the future with one's past.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: It is worse than folly ... not to recognize the truth, for in it lies the tinder for tomorrow. It is worse than folly ... not to recognize the truth, for in it lies the tinder for tomorrow.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Only people who are assured of daily food can concern themselves with matters of principle and ethic. A man will become a slave rather than starve. Only people who are assured of daily food can concern themselves with matters of principle and ethic. A man will become a slave rather than starve.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: You cannot be happy unless you understand that life is sad. You cannot be happy unless you understand that life is sad.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: wept, and in the wrinkles of old people. In the house of the Manchu Bannerman, wept, and in the wrinkles of old people. In the house of the Manchu Bannerman,
Pearl S. Buck quotes: We must have hope or starve to death. We must have hope or starve to death.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights. We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: It is better not to say "lend." There is only giving. It is better not to say "lend." There is only giving.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: The superior man leads not by violence or by coarse physical acts but by the pure intelligence of a wise mind. The superior man leads not by violence or by coarse physical acts but by the pure intelligence of a wise mind.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: The mistakes of history bring relentless reprisals. The mistakes of history bring relentless reprisals.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Times were chosen and appointed. If one forced them, they were wrong. Times were chosen and appointed. If one forced them, they were wrong.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: When people work beyond their destiny, all they do fails. When people work beyond their destiny, all they do fails.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: When we define democracy now it must still be as a thing hoped for but not seen. When we define democracy now it must still be as a thing hoped for but not seen.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: This anxiety to keep his father from anger was wearisome to him. This anxiety to keep his father from anger was wearisome to him.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: To know how to read is to light a lamp in the mind, to release the soul from prison, to open a gate to the universe. from Pavilion of Women To know how to read is to light a lamp in the mind, to release the soul from prison, to open a gate to the universe. from Pavilion of Women page 292
Pearl S. Buck quotes: thing and it could be sold for a heap of silver and sometimes thing and it could be sold for a heap of silver and sometimes
Pearl S. Buck quotes: All birth is unwilling. All birth is unwilling.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Happiness was waiting to be chosen. Happiness was waiting to be chosen.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world. As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Whatever came to him was good. It was life. It was knowledge. Whatever came to him was good. It was life. It was knowledge.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Men cannot be free in a nation where women are forbidden freedom. Men cannot be free in a nation where women are forbidden freedom.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: We are compelled to choose," he sometimes complained, "between the savagery of Communism and the vulgarism of America. We are compelled to choose," he sometimes complained, "between the savagery of Communism and the vulgarism of America.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Hunger makes a thief of any man. Hunger makes a thief of any man.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked. Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne. Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: It is better to be first with an ugly woman than the hundreth with a beauty. It is better to be first with an ugly woman than the hundreth with a beauty.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women. The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: 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. 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.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: No daughter is ever her mother's darling. That spot is always reserved for the son. No daughter is ever her mother's darling. That spot is always reserved for the son.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: It certainly must have been a relief for women of the country to realize that one could be a woman and a lady and yet be thoroughly political. It certainly must have been a relief for women of the country to realize that one could be a woman and a lady and yet be thoroughly political.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: A hungry man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food. A hungry man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
Pearl S. Buck quotes: At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man's pride in his modesty in the face of achievement. At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man's pride in his modesty in the face of achievement.

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