to know how to read is to light a lamp in the mind, to release the soul from prison, to open a gate to the universe." from Pavilion of Women page 292 — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
Prejudice ... is a subjective emotion which expresses itself upon others only because of an inner necessity for release. The object is irrelevant and opportune. The person who feels prejudice is the victim of himself and his own unhappiness and… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
War is the most devastating endemic and epidemic disease the human race has to endure, and yet too little has been done to discover… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
No one really understood music unless he was a scientist, her father had declared, and not just a scientist, either, oh, no, only the… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
Upon the profound discontent of the young in every country do I set my faith. I beg you, the young, to be discontented. I… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Wang Lung sat smoking, thinking of the silver as it had lain upon the table. It had come out of the earth, this silver,… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“U meni postoji mjesto gdje živim posve sama; tu obnavljam svoja proljeća koja nikad ne presahnu” — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Brave young American men climbed the rugged slopes of Korean mountains and fought in homesickness and desperate weariness for the sake of a people… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
