to know how to read is to light a lamp in the mind, to release the soul from prison, to open a gate to the universe." from Pavilion of Women page 292

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.

Success will teach you who your real friends are.

Some marriages are made in heaven, but they all have to be maintained on earth. Mrs Miracle

I wanted to become an atheist but I gave it up. They have no holidays.

We sing in a church, why can we not dance there?

If we recognize the interconnectedness of the changes our planet needs, we become true solutionaries and our united power is unparalleled.

If we continue to believe God and place our trust in Him, bad things ultimately give way to better things.

There has never been a great film unless it was created in the spirit of the experimental filmmaker.

Sometimes it's better to forgive and forget. And sometimes, on the other hand, it's better to leave the friendship.

I have been an avid reader of 'Golf Digest' ever since I started playing this great game.

We Wanted to be Achievers, But Being an Achievers didn't Mean That You Stopped Being a Woman.