Pearl S. Buck

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so read more

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.

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.

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after read more

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation. -Pearl S. Buck.

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.

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.