Pearl S. Buck Quotes and Quotations
It is better not to say "lend." There is only giving. Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings. All things are possible until they are proved impossible-and even the impossible may only be so as of now. The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible-and achieve it, generation after generation. We must have hope or starve to death. When hope is taken away from the people, moral degeneration follows swiftly after. To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death. Once the "what" is decided, the "how" always follows. We must not make the "how" an excuse for not facing and accepting the "what." One faces the future with one's past. Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. 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. We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights. Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it. Introversion, at least if extreme, is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity. In this unbelievable universe in which we live, there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines, reaching into infinity, meet somewhere yonder. When we know what we want to prove, we go out and find our facts. They are always there. The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible-and achieve it, generation after generation. I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth. The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. Some of the biggest failures I ever had were successes. Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
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