Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that

Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear.

... where I walked, the frost shaped itself to my will, dancing in the air like music over water.

After all I've done for you' has alienated more children from their parents than any act of parent cruelty.

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.

Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want.

Poetry is not a creed or dogma. It is a special way of speaking and listening.

Pleasure is a thief to business.

Vermont is the only place in America where I ever hear thrift spoken of with respect.

It's rather clear that we've got to do something differently â€" and going into space and learning to utilize these resources, to think differently about ourselves, is vital right now.

A man may sink by such slow degrees that, long after he is a devil, he may go on being a good churchman or a good dissenter and thinking himself a good Christian.

Look at World War II, at Hitler's cruelty. The more cruelty, the more enthusiasm for revolution.