The summer of 1830 I... blasted the tunnel through the rock to take water from the dam above the falls for the mill... In 1831 we lowered the tunnel four feet, and built a new dam across the creek.

Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron

I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon.

Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1000 apple trees agrowing.

My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsible one.

I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.

I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice.

There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is insured for the benefit of my Dear Wife and children.

The Soul of man is made an article of merchandize by his fellow man and can such a land be happy? No! Happyness does not dwell in any land that is scard by the blighting curse of Slavery.

In 1844, there was a balance of perhaps of a couple of thousand dollars on the cr side.

There is a great reform required in the education and habits of females.

But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.

you know things, without knowing how you know, but you know it is true

When you manage people, you must first convince them they need managing. So you create the problems and then let the people cry for solutions.

Even her pink bunny slippers seem to prick up their ears.Diary of a Penguin-napper (p. 15)

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

I think L.A. is beautiful.

Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy.

Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.

The eternal salvation of a single soul is more important than anything else you will ever achieve in life.

It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.