Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins.

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material.

The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

Survive, survive and survive – these are the quintessential laws of Nature. But survive does not always mean being mean.

"With ev'ry pleasing, ev'ry prudent part, Say, what can Chloe want?"-She wants a heart.

We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself.

War. What was it about the prospect of some bloody enterprises that reduced men to the level of animals?

You're never really happy. I'm certainly not. That's a good thing. It means you're always striving to do better. You hope the next piece will be better.

And if there were a devil it would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision.

You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.

Every time man makes a new experiment he always learns more. He cannot learn less.

Though the barriers of life seem formidable, we find when we challenge them that they have no will.

I only have one why, and my challenge is to make sure the things I say and the things I do remain consistent for as often and as long as possible.