People don't care to read what they already think or what any people think - they know all that well enough. They want to know what they ought to think.

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.

a kind of emptiness existed in the center of my bagel

Without close and reciprocal relationships with other animal beings, we're alienated from the rich, diverse, and magnificent world in which we live.

Your expenses will rise to meet your increased income, unless you are on a mission.

Go through the things that life gives you to go through, happily. You have to loosen the grip of time, gradually.

What you believe has a much greater impact on your life than what anybody else believes.

I shall look forward to a pleasant time.

Researchers have found that identical twins who have been separated for long periods of time actually invest in a similar manner. Biology really does affect how we spend money.

A person cooking is a person giving. Even the simplest food is a gift.

In my dreams of Heaven, I always see the great Masters gathered in a huge hall in which they all reside. Only Mozart has his own suite.

Life's trials are not easy. But in God's will, each has a purpose. Often He uses them to enlarge you.