When hope is taken away from the people moral degeneration follows swiftly after.

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.

There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life.

When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep on walking.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

The Spirit filters through what I want and shows me who I am.

A billion neutrinos go swimming in heavy water: one gets wet.

How did I know? Paul, I've known since you were eight and I caught you masturbating in front of the TV to Bo and Luke Duke.

I once saw a small child go to an electric light switch as say, Mamma, can I open the light? She was using the age-old language of exploration, the language of art.

It seems to me, though, that you always understand very well what I can't say very well. Trouble is I end up being even worse at saying things well.

The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.

Infinitely more taboos, on television.