War is the most devastating endemic and epidemic disease the human race has to endure, and yet too little has been done to discover and eliminate its cause by intelligent early control.

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.

When you are silent on the truth, you have given a transport fare for the lie to travel and spread fast.

Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.

Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think.

I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.

Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.

I do Pilates because it's important for me to have a healthy back when I'm 70 so I'm not hunched over and in pain. That's more important to me than being thin.

I was never a critic.

Advanced Buddhist Yoga is the art of altering your karmic patterns.

In a career that is marked by grace, style and beautiful batsmanship, it’s a slog that’s ended Rahul Dravid‘s career. But once again, it was what was needed.

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.