Pearl Buck

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.
Pearl Buck - quoted in O Magazine, May 2003
Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same.

Teaching is as sacred as priesthood. If one has not the concern for humanity, the love of living creatures, the vision of the priest and artist, he must not teach.

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

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

At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them.

There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
Pearl Buck - The Joy of Children, 1964
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

- Pearl Buck