One faces the future with one's past.

Quote by Pearl S Buck

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Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.

Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled...

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled...

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore...

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to...

All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may...

All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may...

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't...

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't...

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of...

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of...

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope...

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope...

One faces the future with one's past.

One faces the future with one's past.

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh...

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh...

Love dies only when growth stops.

Love dies only when growth stops.

We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of...

We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of...

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come...

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come...

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds...

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality...

Whether a person feels positive or not is kind of a comment on their personality...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...