One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash.

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.

All good things come by grace, and grace comes by art, and art does not come easy.

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding.

It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.

Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect

The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.

We can love completely what we cannot completely understand.

One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing

The nearest anyone can come to finding himself at any given age is to find a story that somehow tells him about himself.

Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.

Few lack talent, but most people lack the vision & perseverance to develop their talents.

Her giggles were light in my darkness.

I always see the glass half full. I see the beauty in others, and I see the hope for tomorrow. If we don't have hope and faith, we have nothing.

I plan on ... encouraging so many women who are out there, who are still in the thick of it, who have yet to fight this fight, that you can do it, you can get through this one step at a time.

I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.

To find out what happens to a system when you interfere with it you have to interfere with it (not just passively observe it).

God provides the men and women needed for each generation.

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois

My Lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my part, I am the innocentest person of them all, only I have been sworn against by perjured persons.