In this unbelievable universe in which we live, there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines, reaching into infinity, meet somewhere yonder.

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.

No one is going to put their life on hold and do it for you – they are too busy frantically peddling their own lives along to stop and give you a hand.

Learn how to pray with all your heart, applying all your energy to concentrate on one specific goal

Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.

I was hanging out with some of what my mother would consider the wrong kind of kids. With no direction, no motivation. I would hang out in the lunchroom all day, or the handball courts

There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another.

If you focus on another person you take their energy in your body completely.

I don't eat breakfast. I know it's the most important meal of the day but my body doesn't respond to it well.

I don't even think of going to Europe as going to another country now.

I'm a total soccer freak. I total soccer freak. Absolute total.

Passion is born when your heart gets carried away with a purpose greater than yourself.