All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.

In our changing world nothing changes more than geography.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world.

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.

Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

Smiling has special powers that you can't believe it is capable of doing, like calming fears, insecurities, hurt and anxiety just like beauty around you.

I'd been exposed to alternate ways of thinking and it seriously affected the way my mother had reared me.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

We have had a long wait for democracy.

Turn on the dream you lived through the unwavering gaze. It is as you thought: the living burn. In the floating days may you discover grace.

My goal is to show everyone that they, too, can do what they love to do.

Faith is powerful spiritual dynamic, and it is something God responds to and blesses.

Dont chase after the people that hurt you, replace them with people that care.

That's one of those questions I'm asked more often than anything else. Will my dog go to heaven? And I say well, the lion will lay down with the lamb.

The tulips are too red...they hurt me.