At the earliest drawings of the fractal curve, few clues to the underlying mathematical structure will be seen.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Any man can shoot a gun, and with practice he can draw fast and shoot accurately, but that makes no difference. What counts is how you stand up when somebody is shooting back at you.

When you go to a country, you must learn how to say two things: how to ask for food, and to tell a woman that you love her. Of these the second is more important, for if you tell a woman you love her, she will certainly feed you.

The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time.

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

Do you wish to learn? There are books that can teach you anything, and there is no cheaper form of education, nor one whose effects are more lasting. My education came from books, and they have been my companions by many campfires, in bunkhouses, ships' forecastles, in hotels and on planes. No matter where you find me, I am never far from a book.