Pearl S. Buck

"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

"The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members."

- Pearl S. Buck

"There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness."

- 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

"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."

- Pearl S. Buck

"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."

- Pearl S. Buck

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

- Pearl S. Buck

"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive."

- Pearl S. Buck

"By some strange, unknown, inward urgency they are not really alive unless they are creating. The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To them… a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create — so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, their very breath is cut off… They must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency they are not really alive unless they are creating."

- Pearl S. Buck

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

- Pearl S. Buck

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

- Pearl S. Buck

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

- Pearl S. Buck

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

- Pearl S. Buck

"Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up."

- Pearl S. Buck