Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

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.

The realization was becoming clearer: How could she expect others to trust her with the intricacies of their lives if she was not not willing to reveal hers?

Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perennially rejuvenated illusions.

If I see something I don't like about a friend, I don't stick with that friend because I don't need them.

Nothing is 'just' anything with you

I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook.

May we Americans all live up to our glorious heritage.

Because it's our choices that makes us who we are.

I attempt to connect with my muse and go on demon rides.

A party: one arrives long after it's started, and one's going to leave long before it's over.

Hate misleads, fear distorts and love blinds.