The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between its men and its women.
Pearl S. Buckthe vicious result of privilege is that the creature who receives it becomes incapacitated by it as by a disease.
Pearl S. BuckOnly 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. BuckA favorite means of escaping the solution to any problem is to declare it too complex for solution. This absolves us from attempting solution. ... Any problem is too complex to solve when we do not wish to accept the conditions of solution. Solution is possible where acceptance is ready.
Pearl S. Buck