The Head Raised Too High

A Knowledge Of History As Detailed As Possible Is Essential If We Are To Comprehend The Present And Be Prepared For The Future. Fate...is Not The Blind Superstition Or Helplessness That Waits Stupidly For What May Happen. Fate Is Unalterable Only In The Sense That Given A Cause, A Certain Result Must Follow, But No Cause Is Inevitable In Itself, And Man Can Shape His World If He Does Not Resign Himself To Ignorance.

Chinese Were Bornwith An Accumulated Wisdom, A Natural Sophistication, An Intelligent Naivete, And Unless They Were Transplanted Too Young, These Qualities Ripened In Them.... If Ever I Am Homesick For China, Now That I Am Home In My Own Country, It Is When I Discover Here No Philosophy. Our People Have Opinions And Creeds And Prejudices And Ideas But As Yet No Philosophy.

Vermont Is A Country Unto Itself.

When Men Destroy Their Old Gods They Will Find New Ones To Take Their Place.

Food For All Is A Necessity. Food Should Not Be A Merchandise, To Be Bought And Sold As Jewels Are Bought And Sold By Those Who Have The Money To Buy. Food Is A Human Necessity, Like Water And Air, It Should Be Available.