Pearl S. Buck

"Patience opens doors that hurry keeps closed."

"Our potential is limitless when we believe."

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

"I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings."

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

"Our lives are not our own from birth to death. We are bound by that duty and blood relation."

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

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

"To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever."

"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence."

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

"Everything that happens to us is a thread in the tapestry of our life."

"Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them."

"The most important thing is that we never stop asking questions."

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

"Where there is great love, there are always wishes."

"Growth comes through challenge, not comfort."

"The bitterest creature under heaven is the one who does not believe in anything."

"Our real duty is to be happy, for happiness is itself a duty."

"Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die."

"The most important thing for a nation is not to lose its cultural continuity."

"Women are the backbone of any society, whether recognized or not."

"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future."

"Ideas are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands."

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it."

"I want to taste and experience everything that I have the right to experience."

"Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped."

"The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the human touch."

"I understand myself only insofar as I have tried to put my thought into action."

"To be reborn, you must die first and think about yourself as an individual."