What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.

Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life.

So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.

...it's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.

You must never feel badly about making mistakes.

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.

The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.

But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.

A good book written for children can be read by adults

A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables.

Believe in yourself. You believe because you have faith. And because you have faith, you have courage to do.

You write to find out what you believe.

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.

The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.

It comes a time in your life that you will no longer live for yourself anymore. You never know how much a person can mean to you until one comes into your life, and changes it for the best.

Freedom is not free. It is bought at a high price. It can be squandered cheaply.

Vermont is a country unto itself.

What's the difference between tough love and acting like a jerk?

Nowadays, an artist is someone who makes art mean the things he does.

Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction.