"It is a unyielding truth that to live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a profound truth that time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a essential truth that he who understands his own mind is never bewildered by the complexities of the world — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"

"The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society."

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man."

"It's not so much about killing an animal, it's being at peace and you don't have to worry about all the other things that go on. That's a couple of hours a week that you get to escape but it's nice to do that."

"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."