We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave. Pearl S. Buck on age
You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea. Pearl S. Buck on age
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up. Pearl S. Buck on alone
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. Pearl S. Buck on alone
Order is the shape upon which beauty depends. Pearl S. Buck on beauty
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 on change
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. Pearl S. Buck on communication
Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death. Pearl S. Buck on death
To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death. Pearl S. Buck on death
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 on education
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write. Pearl S. Buck on faith
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. Pearl S. Buck on faith
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. Pearl S. Buck on fear
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. Pearl S. Buck on freedom
One faces the future with one's past. Pearl S. Buck on future
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. Pearl S. Buck on god
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. Pearl S. Buck on happiness
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 on home
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. Pearl S. Buck on hope