Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always follows. We must not make the 'how' an excuse for not facing and accepting the 'what.'

... [I]n any war a victory means another war, and yet another, until some day inevitably the tides turn, and the victor is the vanquished, and the circle reverses itself, but remains nevertheless a circle.

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.

Religion was their meat and their excitement, their mental food and their emotional pleasure.

My first vivid memory is...when first I looked into her face and she looked into mine. That I do remember, and that exchanging looks I have carried with me all of my life. We recognized each other. I was her child and she was my mother.

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.