A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

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.

When feeding time comes around, there is nothing a hawk likes better than a nice, fat, peaceful dove.

To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could.

Education is everywhere, prompting one to think, to consider, to remember.

For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived.

We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better than we are, something larger, richer, in some way more important to the world and ourselves. Too often, the way taken is the wrong way, with too much emphasis on what we want to have, rather than what we wish to become.