The head raised too high even in good will be struck off too soon.

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.

It is better to be foolish than a dilettante.

Because that’s what a comic is, ultimately: a collection of pages. It’s not a flatpanel or a touchscreen, even though that’s where it might eventually be displayed. It’s a page.

The most powerful of words are the one seldom spoken

The wisest mind hath something yet to learn.

I don't need encouraging. I do well enough on my own.

I think it's an area that one writes from that is curious because it is not a clearly defined partisan one.

I get a feeling of peace from a low so high, as I sit in my chair and watch life go by.

If we're bringing up kids that are so stupid that they kill themselves because of a song, what good are the kids in the first place ?

I'm a very private person that prefers a low profile.

Like a mirror, God appears to be more and more a reflection of whoever it is that happens to be talking about God at the moment.