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. Buckthe vicious result of privilege is that the creature who receives it becomes incapacitated by it as by a disease.
Pearl S. BuckI am always glad when any of my books can be put into an inexpensive edition, because I like to think that any people who might wish to read them can do so. Surely books ought to be within reach of everybody.
Pearl S. BuckYou are right,โ he had said. โLove is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, โKnow thy neighbor as thyself.โ That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself. Madame, this is the meaning of the word love.
Pearl S. Buck