Pearl S. Buck

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

Pearl S. Buck

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

Pearl S. Buck

Once the ‘what’ is decided, the ‘how’ always follows. We must not make the ‘how’ and excuse for not facing and accepting the ‘what’.

Pearl S. Buck

To achieve simplicity was the ultimate of sophistication. The fully matured mind reaches simplicity as its final development.

Pearl S. Buck

To repay evil with kindness is the proof of a good man; a superior man blames himself, a common man blames others.

Pearl S. Buck

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.

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

Anger can give energy to the mind but only if it is harnessed and held in control.

Pearl S. Buck

Fear alone makes man weak. If you are afraid, your hands tremble, your feet falter, and your brain cannot tell hands and feet what to do.

Pearl S. Buck

Hope must come out of what we have, or it is not hope, but a dream.

Pearl S. Buck