Age quote by Pearl S. Buck

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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
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"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"

- Pearl S. Buck

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This quote by Pearl S. Buck speaks with the significance of providing for the senior in our culture. She recommends that we must make sure that the elderly have enough sources to live conveniently and without worry, so that they can focus on the afterlife and also their spiritual journey. Buck stresses the tragedy of senior people needing to fret about their material requires, as it takes away from their capability to ponder the immortality. She paints a dazzling picture of elderly individuals with "lean hands", having a hard time to make a "funds of the tomb", which speaks with the despair of their scenario. This quote works as a reminder of the significance of offering the senior in our culture, so that they can endure their last years in peace and also convenience.

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Pearl S. Buck This quote is written / told by Pearl S. Buck between June 6, 1892 and March 6, 1973. She was a famous Novelist from USA, the quote is categorized under the topic Age. The author also have 42 other quotes.

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