"Our biggest priority should be to stay engaged."

“It is worthwhile to engage in something that is close to one's heart. I had a scholarship. So if I donate money to give brilliant Chinese students an opportunity to study abroad, then this embodies everything I believe in: education, globalization, social mobility. I am an example of social mobility.”

“Blessed are they who, in the calm moments of retirement, of worship, of prayer, of silent waiting, have found that to "the weary and heavy laden " Christ can indeed give rest; that compared with the heavy bondage of the world or the exactions of human systems, His yoke indeed is easy, and His burden is light.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 98), 1895.

“For over 221 years our Corps has done two things for this great Nation. We make Marines, and we win battles.”

“To others we are not ourselves but a performer in their lives cast for a part we do not even know that we are playing.”

Source : Elizabeth Bibesco (1951). “Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms”

“Depression is close to me, but suicide hasn't been.”

“It's nice to get off the couch, throw the clothes on, add a little make-up and go back to work, every once in a while.”

“I think when we talk of craft we talk of a certain set of processes, whether that be clay of glass if jewelry or textiles, and we look back through history instantly.”

“My sole occupation is love.”