Pearl S. Buck

"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it."

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

"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: a human creature born abnormally, inhumanely sensitive."

"At last I understand what the spirit of rebellion truly means."

"I am not afraid of my enemies, but rather of my friends."

"The deep places in our hearts are sacred chambers."

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

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

"To eat bread without seeing it, to sleep without knowing it—this is the life of the poor."

"Our love was like a stone thrown into a deep well."

"The fundamental human need is for love and acceptance."

"A good marriage is one where both people feel they got the better deal."

"Children require much more than food and shelter."

"The idea that we must do something presses on every soul."

"Every human has four endowments: self-awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination."

"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."

"I dream, therefore I exist, and I am because I dream."

"Power and responsibility must be united."

"There is a heritage of peace in every family."

"The bravest thing we can do is believe in ourselves."

"Fear is the only thing that separates us from greatness."

"Money is not the root of all evil—lack of money is."

"Truth is the most valuable thing we have."

"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you truly are."

"We are made by what we overcome."

"The knowledge that we cannot escape is the knowledge of ourselves."

"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the attitude while waiting."

"Gratitude is the most humble of virtues."

"Change is the only constant in life."

"Education is the most powerful weapon in changing the world."