No daughter is ever her mother's darling. That spot is always reserved for the son.

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.

The vision is always for the appointed time.

There is beauty in thinking independently.

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.

In some settings, however, rampant opportunistic behavior severely limits what can be done jointly without major investments in monitoring and sanctioning arrangements.

The better we get, the better we want to be.

Mastery is a journey, and that the master must have the courage to risk failure.

By letting go, it all gets done.

Forever and forever and forever

Nothing goes to windward like a 747.

The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear.