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.The Joy of Work, p. 15, 1973
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Pearl S. Buck was an American novelist and humanitarian, best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Good Earth," which depicts life in rural China. Born on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia, she spent much of her early life in China, which greatly influenced her writing and advocacy for cross-cultural understanding. Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her rich and insightful portrayals of Chinese society and her exploration of universal themes of human experience.
1892–1973·lived 80 years
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.The Joy of Work, p. 15, 1973
To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave.
That’s all 3 quotes by Pearl S. Buck.