Throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps the loudest is usually the one that got hit.

Carryin' a gun is a chancy thing. Sooner or later a man is put in a position to use it. And a body has to figure that if somebody packs iron he plans to use it when the time comes; and if he draws it out, he plans to shoot.

If you want the law to leave you alone, keep your hair trimmed and your boots shined.

When I was a small boy I often went to the woods to lie on the grass in the shade. Somehow I had come to believe the earth could give me wisdom, but it did not. Yet I learned a little about animals and learned it is not always brave to make a stand. It is often foolish. There is a time for courage and a time for flight.

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.

I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.

Knowledge is awareness, and to it there are many paths, not all of them paved with logic.