Man needs so little... yet he begins wanting so much.

Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies, he would have to invent them, for his strength only grows from struggle.

I never figured it was a cowardly thing to be scared. It's to be scared and still face up to what scares you that matters.

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.

A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge people of the past by our standards rather than their own. The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time.

A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.

All loose things seem to drift down to the sea, and so did I.