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Pearl S Buck Quotes

Every event has had its cause, and nothing, not the least wind that blows, is accident or causeless Picture Quote #1

For no country is a true democracy whose women have not an equal share in life with men, and until we realize this we shall never achieve a real democracy on this earth Picture Quote #1

Nature knows no sex limitations and does not bestow brains upon men alone. Daughters inherit gifts exactly as often and as much as sons Picture Quote #1

The proper place to eat lobster... is in a lobster shack as close to the sea as possible. There is no menu card because there is nothing else to eat except boiled lobster with melted butter Picture Quote #1

Every era of renaissance has come out of new freedoms for peoples. The coming renaissance will be greater than any in human history, for this time all the peoples of the earth will share in it Picture Quote #1

At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man’s pride in his modesty in the face of achievement Picture Quote #1

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Only people who are assured of daily food can concern themselves with matters of principle and ethic. A man will become a slave rather than starve Picture Quote #1

The vicious result of privilege is that the creature who receives it becomes incapacitated by it as by a disease Picture Quote #1

If I have learned anything in my long life it is to be grateful for every occasion when I followed my sympathies and avoided my antipathies Picture Quote #1

Destructiveness comes only when life isn’t lived. People who can live their lives don’t destroy themselves Picture Quote #1

The best government in the world, the best religion, the best traditions of any people, depend upon the good or evil of the men and women who administer them Picture Quote #1

Doing and being are very closely tied together, and unless you are doing what you secretly want to do, you aren’t able to be the sort of person you want to be Picture Quote #1

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I learned to distinguish between the two kinds of people in the world: those who have known inescapable sorrow and those who have not Picture Quote #1

War is the most devastating endemic and epidemic disease the human race has to endure, and yet too little has been done to discover and eliminate its cause by intelligent early control Picture Quote #1

The greatest problem that war leaves, in a man, is how to recapture reality. That’s because war is unreal Picture Quote #1

You seem to grieve for what is not so... and there is no need to let your heart run ahead into evils that may never come Picture Quote #1

The only real danger to our country is from within, that we forget our own power to be what we want to be Picture Quote #1

The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women Picture Quote #1

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All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now Picture Quote #1

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it Picture Quote #1

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation Picture Quote #1

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won’t let them into our country Picture Quote #1

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration Picture Quote #1

He was part of a whole, a people scattered over the earth and yet eternally one and indivisible. Wherever a Jew lived, in whatever safety and isolation, he still belonged to his people Picture Quote #1

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Somehow I had learned from Thoreau, who doubtless learned it from Confucius, that if a man comes to do his own good for you, then must you flee that man and save yourself Picture Quote #1

Once the ‘what’ is decided, the ‘how’ always follows. We must not make the ‘how’ an excuse for not facing and accepting the ‘what.’ Picture Quote #1

As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world Picture Quote #1

Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership Picture Quote #1

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors Picture Quote #1

An Englishman is never afraid of being laughed at. He just thinks the other fellow is a fool. But Americans still can’t risk anybody laughing at them Picture Quote #1

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Every event has had its cause, and nothing, not the least wind that blows, is accident or causeless (Pearl S Buck Quotes) For no country is a true democracy whose women have not an equal share in life with men, and until we realize this we shall never achieve a real democracy on this earth (Pearl S Buck Quotes) Nature knows no sex limitations and does not bestow brains upon men alone. Daughters inherit gifts exactly as often and as much as sons (Pearl S Buck Quotes) The proper place to eat lobster... is in a lobster shack as close to the sea as possible. There is no menu card because there is nothing else to eat except boiled lobster with melted butter (Pearl S Buck Quotes) Every era of renaissance has come out of new freedoms for peoples. The coming renaissance will be greater than any in human history, for this time all the peoples of the earth will share in it (Pearl S Buck Quotes) At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man’s pride in his modesty in the face of achievement (Pearl S Buck Quotes) Only people who are assured of daily food can concern themselves with matters of principle and ethic. A man will become a slave rather than starve (Pearl S Buck Quotes) The vicious result of privilege is that the creature who receives it becomes incapacitated by it as by a disease (Pearl S Buck Quotes) If I have learned anything in my long life it is to be grateful for every occasion when I followed my sympathies and avoided my antipathies (Pearl S Buck Quotes) Destructiveness comes only when life isn’t lived. People who can live their lives don’t destroy themselves (Pearl S Buck Quotes) The best government in the world, the best religion, the best traditions of any people, depend upon the good or evil of the men and women who administer them (Pearl S Buck Quotes) Doing and being are very closely tied together, and unless you are doing what you secretly want to do, you aren’t able to be the sort of person you want to be (Pearl S Buck Quotes) I learned to distinguish between the two kinds of people in the world: those who have known inescapable sorrow and those who have not (Pearl S Buck Quotes) War is the most devastating endemic and epidemic disease the human race has to endure, and yet too little has been done to discover and eliminate its cause by intelligent early control (Pearl S Buck Quotes) The greatest problem that war leaves, in a man, is how to recapture reality. That’s because war is unreal (Pearl S Buck Quotes) You seem to grieve for what is not so... and there is no need to let your heart run ahead into evils that may never come (Pearl S Buck Quotes) The only real danger to our country is from within, that we forget our own power to be what we want to be (Pearl S Buck Quotes) The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women (Pearl S Buck Quotes) All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now (Pearl S Buck Quotes) The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it (Pearl S Buck Quotes) The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation (Pearl S Buck Quotes) We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won’t let them into our country (Pearl S Buck Quotes) The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration (Pearl S Buck Quotes) He was part of a whole, a people scattered over the earth and yet eternally one and indivisible. Wherever a Jew lived, in whatever safety and isolation, he still belonged to his people (Pearl S Buck Quotes) Somehow I had learned from Thoreau, who doubtless learned it from Confucius, that if a man comes to do his own good for you, then must you flee that man and save yourself (Pearl S Buck Quotes) Once the ‘what’ is decided, the ‘how’ always follows. We must not make the ‘how’ an excuse for not facing and accepting the ‘what.’ (Pearl S Buck Quotes) As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world (Pearl S Buck Quotes) Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership (Pearl S Buck Quotes) Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors (Pearl S Buck Quotes) An Englishman is never afraid of being laughed at. He just thinks the other fellow is a fool. But Americans still can’t risk anybody laughing at them (Pearl S Buck Quotes)

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