Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass.

I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.

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

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

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.

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband’s bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.

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.

The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women.

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.