In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.

It's all you can say, when the end comes: 'I did not waste my time.' I think that matters. I think it may be all that matters.

He is afraid of you, so he hates you. It would be wrong to hurt him again. It would be like beating a dog after it has loosed it's bladder. The spirit is already broken in him.

The eagles ruled the air as the tribes ruled the land.

Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius

He would never understand women, he thought. They were life’s great mystery.

For the khan, we will take their cities, their women, and their lands. This is the great raid, the farthest strike in the history of the nation of Genghis. We will not be stopped.

History was more than just stories, he reminded himself as the men walked forward with their burdens. It taught lessons as well.

Sometimes, power could change hands as quickly as a knife thrust.

The world cannot be full of lead dogs, or the pack would pull itself apart.

There is a price for all things, my son, for all men. I have merely to find his.

There is reinforcement in such familiar back-formations as Chinee from Chinese, Portugee from Portuguese.

We only have one life to live, and must go on with it to the end, that if we feel it is meaningless, then we ourselves must give it meaning.

I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.

The most important thing is to live a fabulous life. As long as it's fabulous I don't care how long it is.

It's time to reconnect to the natural world for the sake of the animals, and our collective conscience. Because without spiritual health there can be no physical health.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

My experience with horses is that they never throw away a chance to go lame.

Men are more ready to offend one who desires to be beloved than one who wishes to be feared.

It was the sort of house that glows with substance and savoir vivre in those advertisements for the best Scotch. It had wonderful bones.

True, trust necessarily carries with it uncertainties, but we must force ourselves to think about these uncertainties as possibilities and opportunities, not as liabilities.