I am comforted by life's stability by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place in the unfolding of knowledge.

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.

We ought to live life by faith.

Mr. Rip Wan winkle, be a star that twinkle.

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

Memory is satisfied desire.

As the old saying goes, for somebody as famous as you, you don't need any introduction.

Forever is made up of nows.

Lots of old people don't become wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.

The damages of our present agriculture all come from the determination to use the life of the soil as if it were an extractable resource like coal.

Though Death be poor, it ends a mortal woe.