It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.

My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.

I could never resist the call of the trail.

The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.

The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people ... three times the size of a man.

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.

The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.

Time is really the only gift we receive from God that we can give to others.

Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.

Hold out your hands to feel the luxury of the sunbeams.

Do not spend the day in gathering flowers by the way side, lest night come upon you before you arrive at your journey's end, and then you will not reach it.

Illusions are important. What you foresee or what you remember can be as important as what really happens.

If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace.

It's a young country and a German only feels comfortable being with the masses. They have very little talent at creating an inner life, privacy. And I think there must be something wrong.

The real things about man are not his body.

Basically, for me the psychedelic experience was the path to revelation. It actually worked on somebody who thought nothing would work.

I still believe in love. I always will. It's my blessing and my burden.