Pearl S. Buck, (1892-1973), American Novelist Quotes

You cannot make yourself feel something you cannot feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

When we know what we want to prove, we go out and find our facts. They are always there.

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.

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

On this earth, though far and near, without love, there's only fear.

We must have hope or starve to death.

I am comforted by life's stability, by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place in the unfolding of knowledge.

It is better not to say "lend." There is only giving.

Introversion, at least if extreme, is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity.

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