Pearl Buck Quotes (22+)

Our society must make it possible for people to grow old with dignity.

The young cannot know how the old feel. But the old remember how it was to be young.

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.

Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.

None who can read is ever successful at being quite alone.

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence.

Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.

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

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness

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