God is not in the vastness of greatness. He is hid in the vastness of smallness . He is not in the general. He is in the particular.

The feeling one has after coming to know American women is that they are starving at their sources.

... [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.

nature knows no sex limitations and does not bestow brains upon men alone. Daughters inherit gifts exactly as often and as much as sons.

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

None but the ignorant can be bored by life. To the lovers of learning, life is pure adventure shared with adventurers.

Vermont is a country unto itself.