I've known no better teacher than hunting. And what hunting has taught me is hardly restricted to the ways of wildings and woods.

Clouds, leaves, soil, and wind all offer themselves as signals of changes in the weather. However, not all the storms of life can be predicted.

There is no such thing as a leap into literacy.

The 'will to peace' is the best answer that we can imagine to the 'will to war', which unfortunately seems as strong in this century as it was in the middle of the last.

It matters not what you fight but what you fight for.

I am a hunter. Not merely 'a person who hunts', but someone to whom this ancient, natural and honorable activity is an essential and deeply meaningful part of life.

Physicality is the basis of performance.

Take no duty of the Guard lightly. Friends must not be enemies Just as enemies must not be friends. Discerning the two is a life's work.

The natural world is the only reality, thus the only valid base for spirituality there is.

Take no duty of the Guard lightly. Friends must not be enemies Just as enemies must not be friends.Discerning the two is a life's work.

Things that are truly great need nothing from me, and to somehow think that they do speaks to my utter lack of greatness.

I suppose you cannot hold on to old things just for the sake of holding on.

Though Jesus was in torture on the cross, He thought of praying for His persecutors, of caring for His mother, of securing the good thief's salvation.

Our present state of self-confidence and poise is the result of what we have "experienced" rather than what we have learned intellectually.

Love and respect are above any law

Logic never attracts men to the point of carrying them away.

I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then annoyance, and, finally irritation.

A good technician gets it right maybe 60% of the time. And a great technician, maybe 61% of the time.

Do you share my belief in Swami Vivekananda's dream that India will be a Jagad Guru once again? I see no reason for India to be left behind.

Every reform was once a private opinion.