Pearl S. Buck

"The noblest service comes from nameless hands and from hearts that seek no reward."

"To be a writer, one must have the courage to face human nature honestly."

"Success is not final, and failure is not fatal."

"We are the sum total of our choices and our actions."

"The young do not know what age means, and the old forget what youth was like."

"To eat is human, to cook divine."

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

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."

"I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations."

"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will hurt your enemy."

"Americans are far too serious about their food. It is something to be enjoyed, not revered."

"The house that is entered by a lady becomes a home."

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

"Praise is warming and desirable. It is also worth trying to deserve it."

"One cannot really be deeply religious and great in science too."

"We Chinese feel ourselves to be civilized and superior, and are convinced that things foreign are generally inferior."

"Every man has in him a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul."

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit."

"Teaching is one of the noblest of professions."

"A life lived for others is a life worthwhile."

"Character is what you are in the dark."

"The years teach much which the days never know."

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

"The secret to living well is not waiting for the perfect moment."

"We are the same as plants, as animals, as the earth, and as the rest of the galaxy."

"How can the human heart endure another human heart?"

"Love alone is a beautiful thing, but there is something beyond it."

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

"The past cannot be changed; the future is yet in our power."

"Continuity is one of the deepest human needs."