you seem to grieve for what is not so ... and there is no need to let your heart run ahead into evils that may never come.

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.

You think you're losing your mind, but do keep in mind, as long as you may, that the ability to go on thinking such a thing means it's not all gone.

When he let go of Clary, he turned and hugged Jace. Clary watched, tears running down her face.

Music is all about transporting people, speaking a language which languages fail to express.

We can never have enough of that which we really do not want.

I do not know an instance of a major mathematical advance initiated by a man past fifty

I swear by the mighty power of Amon-Ra, whose anger can shatter the world, and by the dread power of Set, that I will never betray my trust as High Priest of Karnak.

Gov. Scott Walker, a Tea Party-tinged Republican, is the advance guard of a new GOP push to dismantle public-sector unions as an electoral force.

You can't just turn on when something happens, you have to be turned on all the time. Then things happen.

Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.

The only way the Internet will continue to remain the thriving medium it has become today is to keep it under the control of the United States.