“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.”
Faith
“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.”
FaithAll Quotes by Pearl S. Buck
“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.”
Education“To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.”
Death“None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.”
Freedom“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.”
Religion“Love alone could waken love.”
Alone“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.”
Power“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.”
Alone“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.”
God“Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself.”
Marriage“A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.”
Change“We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave.”
Age“Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.”
Communication“Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.”
Beauty“Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.”
Death“Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.”
Happiness“You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.”
Age“Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then life is dull without it.”
Truth“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.”
Fear“To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.”
Work