Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.

Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes

You only know me as you see me, not as I actually am

The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Cheaper'n recyclin' yer nose tissues. --Mema

Tracks were adumbrations of the energy of life all about us, the recent history book of wilderness.

Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented.

Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell. We can't dance synonyms.

[On her husband:] The other day he woke up with a headache. I felt sorry for him. I would like to help him but I can't. I told him so many times. When he jumps out of bed - it should be feet first.

The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as much about the future of aviation as they do about the sign writing of the Aztecs.

I realized that perseverence and step-by-step progress are the only ways to reach a goal along a chosen path.

But... you're still getting married?" Grover sounded hurt. "Who's the bride?" Ploypemus looked toward the boiling pot. Clarisse made a strangled sound. "Oh, no! You can't be serious. I'm not-

I've been writing about Vermont independence for nearly ten years... and, more often than not, it was for an audience of one.