Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.

Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.

Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect.

Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full.

It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.

Spanish civilization crushed the Indian. English civilization scorned and neglected him. French civilization embraced and cherished him.

Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.

America was still a land of wonder. The ancient spell still hung unbroken over the wild, vast world of mystery beyond the sea,-a land of romance, adventure, and gold.

We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.

America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.

Humanity, morality, decency, might be forgotten, but codfish must still be had for the use of the faithful in Lent and on fast days.

No matter what's going on, I keep coming back to the one intention that makes the most sense:Just love.

I am not here, I am somewhere else, my body is here but mind is in the sky

You will feel powerful only when you learn to use the power of love.

But life is not like that. You are not an airline. You can't remove a single olive from every salad served in first class and save one point two million dollars.

It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epitaphy.

The American way of life is not sustainable. It doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America.

We should spend less time at universities filling our students' minds with content by lecturing at them, and more time igniting their creativity … by actually talking with them.

Mosquito bites Jesus, receives communion.

The voice is not only indicative of man's character, but it is the expression of his spirit. Other sounds can be louder than the voice, but no sound can be more living.

It is better to support schools than jails.