Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up. ~Pearl Buck

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.

Bad things happen in dark places.

If you're going to make an emotional connection with somebody, whether it's in the story or in the world, there's a certain amount of self-acceptance that is required.

Any time you can create something that gets to a large audience is fantastic. And television still gets you to a huge audience.

We have to burn brightly. We can’t burn forever

We have no salaries. When one says he is from a good Catholic family and says he wants to help us, why should we refuse his offer?

I stayed in Hamburg a few more days, and during that time I received a visit from Rolf Aldag, the sporting director at T-Mobile. He advised me to tell the truth.

I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom

If you get lost, you can always be found.

I mostly want to be friends with my children.

Summer makes a silence after spring.