It is good to know our universe. What is new is only new to us.

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.

They had kissed so often in lust, in passion, but never like this.This felt like a renewal, a pledge… A beginning.

I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination.

The movies I'm in not a lot of people see, but it's alright.

Don't try to be fearless or pretend you aren't impacted by fear. Just try to prevent fear from making your decisions for you.

While I have questions about the language used in describing the two economic systems, I think people have fairly good gut sense of the difference between socialism and capitalism.

What does it matter whether I am shown to be right! I am right too much!--And he who laughs best today will also laugh last.

I love any opportunity to be able to dance. It's in my blood. I mean, I need to do it as an artist. I need to always do it.

...The sage, traveling all day, Does not lose sight of his baggage. Though there are beautiful things to be seen, He remains unattached and calm.

Who knows what happens tomorrow? We'll find it tomorrow.

If we want to raise young adults who know how to solve problems, we must let them have problems to solve while they are still adolescents.