To know what one can have and to do with it, being prepared for no more, is the basis of equilibrium.

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 sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do.

The ones who would push you to engage in negative activities are the same ones who would laugh at you if you are drowning in the pool of misery.

Free and quality education is a fundamental liberty

Just letting it out is one of the definitions of bad art.

I see myself as a journalist reporting neglected stories about our past and trying to bring rigor, reason and intuition to the quest.

90% of what is considered "impossible" is, in fact, possible. The other 10% will become possible with the passage of time & technology.

It is unlikely that you'll have anything emerge from MEF (Major Economies Forum) by way of detailed programmatic specificity.

The murder of a man is still murder, even in wartime.

All power is His and within His command.

Honest pioneer work in the field of science has always been, and will continue to be, life's pilot. On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation.