Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.
Pearl Buck
Categories: beauty

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
Pearl Buck The Joy of Children, 1964
Categories: excellence

There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.
Pearl Buck
Categories: joy

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up.
Pearl Buck
Categories: loneliness

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
Pearl Buck
Categories: marriage

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
Pearl Buck
Categories: mistakes

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same.
Pearl Buck quoted in O Magazine, May 2003
Categories: parents