When hope is taken away from a people, moral degeneration follows swiftly thereafter.

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 greatest solitude

I'll definitely never allow someone to spoil my positivity for their negativity.

The primary obligation of any prisoner is to escape. Whether that means actually leaving or simply figuring out a way to handle things so you don't go crazy is up to you.

You cannot solve current problems with current thinking. Current problems are the result of current thinking.

For, to conceited men, all other men are admirers.

Tall people have a real advantage in the world.

I am the animal at the head of the pack. … I either get eaten, or I get the good grass.

History is a record of the incessant struggle of humanity against ignorance and oppression.

I generally don't like living in a world where being what a man is, is a horrible thing; and no matter what a woman is, is a wonderful thing.

I'm very sunny. You know, I'm always optimistic.