Africa is less a wilderness than a repository of primary and fundamental values, and less a barbaric land than an unfamiliar voice

I learned what every dreaming child needs to know, that no horizon is so far you cannot get above it or beyond it.

If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.

A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.

A life has to move or it stagnates. Even this life, I think. Every tomorrow ought not to resemble every yesterday.

A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present is a sluggish traveler loafing in the path Tomorrow wants to take.

A map says to you. Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not... I am the earth in the palm of your hand.

That's what makes death so hard--unsatisfied curiosity

There's an old adage," he said, "translated from the ancient Coptic, that contains all the wisdom of the ages -- "Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.

In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.

Conformation ... but not much else. Breeding, but too small a heart. You saw it everywhere - in men, in horses, and in women.

Lead with your beautiful & equisite heart Dear Ones as it will lead you to the TREASURE that is YOU.

Life's difficulties are merely necessary roughage.

The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.

Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.

If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.

Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.

Any hack can safely rail away at foreign powers beyond the sea; but a good writer is a critic of the society he lives in.

For me, I'm not a jealous person. That's just not my thing. You have to have trust in your relationship.

When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.

Perl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated but there are more shortcuts, and once you learned the language, it's more expressive.