Pearl S. Buck

"Every person has inside a basic decency and goodness."

"The fundamental cure of trouble is not in one place or one thing alone."

"When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail."

"The test of a civilization is the kind of man the country turns out."

"Knowledge is power only if man knows what truth is."

"I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that."

"The mind is like a door. It works best when it swings both ways."

"An individual must think things through for himself, and be willing to take responsibility for his thoughts."

"It is difficult to accept truth when it goes against everything you have been taught."

"Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively."

"One faces the future with one's past."

"The person who says it is impossible should not interrupt the person doing it."

"Believing that one's values are universal allows one to think one's behavior is good."

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies."

"Life has a way of setting things right, if we are patient enough."

"To understand one's parents' lives is to begin to understand oneself."

"The moment one learns English, complications set in."

"I am interested in the welfare and interest of all people of the world."

"Hard work counts, but smart work counts more."

"The woman's body is a gift from nature; how she adorns it is her concern."

"Evil is merely privation of good."

"Materialism is the enemy of genuine happiness."

"I never really looked back after I started writing."

"A woman's life is not complete until she has a child or a cause."

"The most powerful thing a parent can do is listen."

"Good manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others."

"Nothing is permanent; change is the only constant."

"To be alive is to feel, and to feel is to be human."

"Fear is the only true enemy."

"The privilege of education is not commonly given to women of other lands."