Pearl S. Buck

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#chinese #country #get #heaven #into

What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#begins #born #child #neglect #neglected

When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#find #gods #men #new #old

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#blame #freeze #heart #much #out

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#feel #feelings #make #right #something

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#discover #find #fountain #joy #youth

If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#today #understand #want #yesterday #you

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#dry #i #inside #live #myself

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#always #been #fascinating #free #hope

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

— Pearl S. Buck

#great #halfway #mistake #moment #perhaps