On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.

Turkeys, quails, and small birds, are here to be seen; but birds are not numerous in desart forests; they draw near to the habitations of men, as I have constantly observed in all my travels.

The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human nature.

My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view.

Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.

Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned.

Animal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes.

It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border.

Push, push. Push harder!

Today my goal is to be more productive than I was yesterday, and tomorrow more productive than today.

The best part is still ahead of me - I haven't experienced my 'good old days' yet.

She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy

I was walking home one night and a guy hammering on a roof called me a paranoid little weirdo. In morse code.

Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties, And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.

Openness and softness of heart loves what it knows

I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty.

Living from our deepest understanding requires an enormous effort, especially when it goes against the stream of our instinctually programmed perceptions of the world.