In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

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.

She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

He would pray...for everyone who knew pain, which meant everyone who wore a human face.

The man who claims he's never done anything courageous doesn't understand what courage really is.

I think it's important as a player every now and again to play something that's influenced you as an artist just to expose the people to it.

We're obviously having a tough time, like the other teams did.

Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.

Britain is no longer totally a white place where people ride horses, wear long frocks, and drink tea. The national dish is no longer fish and chips, it's curry.

Today it is fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately, it is not fashionable to talk with them.

The Cross of Christ may have overcome evil, but it did not overcome unfairness. For that, Easter is required.

Individualism is bad for business - though absolutely necessary for freedom, progressive knowledge, and any possible interface with the transcendent.