War: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the other.

Are people more important than the grizzly bear? Only from the point of view of some people.

If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.

When a writer has done the best that he can do, he should then withdraw from the book-writing business and take up an honest trade like shoe repair, cattle stealing, or screwworm management.

Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. (p 41)

From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.

It's all still there in heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure-they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days and years to come.