Pearl S. Buck

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

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

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to read more

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.

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does read more

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.

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.

... perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. Thanks to read more

... perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. Thanks to Maria Marquis -Pearl S. Buck.