Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.

My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.

I could never resist the call of the trail.

The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.

The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people ... three times the size of a man.

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.

I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.

The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

the man who is pure, and who dares, does all things.

Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe.

There are worse things than a lie... I have found... that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.

One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.

In many ways my writing is like therapy. It is my way of dealing with things.

The picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you.

He didn’t know what he was going to — but it had to be better than what he was leaving behind.

It is against the spirit of ahimsa to overawe even one person into submission.