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. - Pearl Buck
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up. - Pearl Buck
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
Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then, Life is dull without it. - Pearl Buck
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
Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same. - Pearl Buck
Order is the shape upon which beauty depends. - Pearl Buck
At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them. - Pearl Buck
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. - Pearl Buck
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. - Pearl Buck