[A]s if life were a thunder-storm wherein you can see by a flash the horizon, and then cannot see your hand.

Among the map makers of each generation are the risk takers, those who see the opportunities, seize the moment and expand man's vision of the future

It was a pleasure and a privilege to walk with him [H.D. Thoreau]. He knew the country like a fox or a bird, and passed through it as freely by paths of his own.

Each mind has its own method. A true man never acquires after college rules.

For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false statement I could never stay there five minutes. But why come out? The streetis as false as the church, and when I get to my house, or to my manners, or to my speech, I have not got away from the lie.