The contrast between the 1970's and today is very marked.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

If you’re not proud of what you do, you’re not done.

Yes, but does Maine have anything to SAY to Florida?

The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.

Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind.

Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled.

When you don't know how beautiful you are, you will always be in search of happiness.

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.

We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.

Your grief for what you've lost lifts a mirror up to where you're bravely working.

After the demands of the ego and its greed surrendered, the struggle for fulfillment of personal desires lessens; life takes on a new zest like a breath of fresh air.