Turkeys, quails, and small birds, are here to be seen; but birds are not numerous in desart forests; they draw near to the habitations of men, as I have constantly observed in all my travels.

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.

The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human nature.

My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view.

Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.

Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned.

Animal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes.

It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border.

Belonging to another man and therefore not even a little bit to him.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

One of the great things silence does, it gives us a new concept of God.

The best motivating factor of all, however, is divine intervention, or what I like to call The Magic of Grace.

This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

Corruption can only prosper with a people's ignore-ance.

People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers.

I love visiting new places but am not overly fond of the travel to get to them.

Return to the root and you will find the meaning.

The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.