Pearl S. Buck

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.

Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself.

Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

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

Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds.