No Vermont Town Ever Let Anybody In

Life Takes Hold Of Us With Strong Hands And Makes Us Greater Than We Thought.

...there Are Two Ways To Meet Life; You May Refuse To Care Until Indifference Becomes A Habit, A Defensive Armor, And You Are Safe - But Bored. Or You Can Care Greatly, Live Greatly, Until Life Breaks You On Its Wheel.

It Is Not Good For All Our Wishes To Be Filled; Through Sickness We Recognize The Value Of Health; Through Evil, The Value Of Good; Through Hunger, The Value Of Food; Through Exertion, The Value Of Rest.

If We Would Only Give, Just Once, The Same Amount Of Reflection To What We Want To Get Out Of Life That We Give To The Question Of What To Do With A Two Weeks' Vacation, We Would Be Startled At Our False Standards And The Aimless Procession Of Our Busy Days.

Vermont Tradition Is Based On The Idea That Group Life Should Leave Each Person As Free As Possible To Arrange His Own Life. This Freedom Is The Only Climate In Which (we Feel) A Human Being May Create His Own Happiness. ... Character Itself Lies Deep And Secret Below The Surface, Unknown And Unknowable By Others. It Is The Mysterious Core Of Life, Which Every Man Or Woman Has To Cope With Alone, To Live With, To Conquer And Put In Order, Or To Be Defeated By.