Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

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

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

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

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

One faces the future with one’s past.

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.