If there is no other life, then this one has been enough to make it worth being born myself...a human being.

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.

I like to zoom out of the situation so I can see it all and don't get caught up in the little things down there.

I went home each night dizzy and sick. He was murdering me with the sound of his voice.

I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters.

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.

I also eschew the identity of "puppeteer" it is a concept that blurs the boundaries of discrete objects and persons. I do think Anarchist Nihilist Puppet Show is my day job.

Your body is the harp of the soul.

The eye is the window of the human body through which it feels its way and enjoys the beauty of the world.

A fop sometimes gives important advice.

Bach was a top harmonist geezer, which is why the jazz cats love him.

Anyone who is confident in themselves is much more stylish.