Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.

Despair leads to boredom, electronic games, computer hacking, poetry and other bad habits.

Within minutes my 115-mile walk through the desert hills becomes a thing apart, a disjunct reality on the far side of a bottomless abyss, immediately beyond physical recollection.But it's all still there in my heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure-they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days to come, like a treasure found and then, voluntarily, surrendered. Returned to the mountains with my blessing. It leaves a golden glowing on the mind.

A man without a horse is like a man without a weapon: stunted and naked.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

For this world that men have made, none of us is bad enough. For the world that made us, none is good enough.

Wealth should come like manna from heaven, unearned and uncalled for. Money should be like grace -- a gift. It is not worth sweating and scheming for.