The mind that doggedly insists on prejudice often has not intelligence enough to change.

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.

Nothing wrong with a little optimism, long as it doesn’t set policy....

Doing things for yourself (self-preservation) are ok in in small doses and when necessary but over-burdening you life with your own self will weaken your heart, soul connectivity with others

The only way you can hurt the body is not use it.

I believe in two principles: Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities!

I don't know about the rest of you who have little voices, but something about mine made me feel completely compelled to listen to it.

We're not always in the position that we want to be at. We're constantly growing, we're constantly making mistakes, we're constantly trying to express ourselves and trying to actualize our dreams.

I don't really ever think in terms of what type of person I'd love to play. I usually just read stuff and can tell.

When you put things together, things that other people have thrown out, you’re really bringing them to life – a spiritual life that surpasses the life for which they were originally created.

Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.

Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough.