What the common man cannot understand he hates.

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.

And although Frieda B. didn't feel it inside, the belief of her friend gave her courage to try.

Three people I take their words with a grain of salt: a person in love, a drunk and an insurance agent. They never really mean exactly what they say.

This is something else that is drilled into us in the military: Make sure you know who your replacement is, in case you become a casualty. So you have to have depth within an organization.

I had a horrible feeling my leg was broken. If it wasn’t, it had a lot of explaining to do.

However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition.

Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don’t compromise. You can do other things to make money, but have one pure area.

I heard one cry in the night, and I heard one laugh afterwards. If I cannot forget that, I shall not be able to sleep again.

To live in prison is to live without mirrors. To live without mirrors is to live without the self.

Weakness arouses evil. The American people know this.

I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.