I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon.

Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron

Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1000 apple trees agrowing.

The summer of 1830 I... blasted the tunnel through the rock to take water from the dam above the falls for the mill... In 1831 we lowered the tunnel four feet, and built a new dam across the creek.

My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsible one.

I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.

I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice.

There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is insured for the benefit of my Dear Wife and children.

The Soul of man is made an article of merchandize by his fellow man and can such a land be happy? No! Happyness does not dwell in any land that is scard by the blighting curse of Slavery.

In 1844, there was a balance of perhaps of a couple of thousand dollars on the cr side.

There is a great reform required in the education and habits of females.

The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of conflicting values that anyone can "prove" anything from it.

i know for sure, to be a leader i have to be a reader

Writing allows you the unique and uncensored expression of whatever wants to be spoken.

Normal day let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you love you bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.

It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier.

A good soul like a good body should be as unobtrusive as possible; in so far as it functions properly, it should not be noticed for good or for ill.

Back in those days it was just me swimming around in the dark, doing back flips and taking naps whenever I want.

Do not search for SUCCESS off in the distance, but instead recognize it and grasp it right where you are!

Self-pity is the simplest luxury.

The birds and I share a natural history. It is a matter of rootedness, of living inside a place for so long that the mind and imagination fuse.