He never knew when he was whipped ... So he never was.

A man who says he has never been scared is either lying or else he's never been any place or done anything.

This-this was what made life: a moment of quiet, the water falling in the fountain, the girl's voice. . . a moment of captured beauty. Those who are truly wise will never permit such moments to escape.

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

No matter how much I admire our schools, I know that no university exists that can provide an education; what a university can provide is an outline, to give the learner a direction and guidance. The rest one has to do for oneself.

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

Out here you better have a gun, and a gun in the wagon ain't good for nothin'. I believe what the old Quaker said, 'Trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry.