The American essayist William Deresiewicz wrote that "no real excellence, personal or social, artistic, philosophical, scientific, or moral, can arise without solitude.

Knight's disdain for Thoreau was bottomless - 'he had no deep insight into nature'...

The only book Knight didn't steal was the one he most often saw. 'I had no need for a Bible, ' he said.

I'm not used to seeing people's faces. There's too much information there. Aren't you aware of it? Too much, too fast.

I read. That's my form of travel.

He left because the world is not made to accommodate people like him.

Silence, it appears, is not the opposite of sound. It is another world altogether, literally offering a deeper level of thought, a journey to the bedrock of the self.

That silence intimidates puzzles me. Silence is to me normal, comfortable." Later he added, "I will admit to feeling a little contempt for those who can't keep quiet.

There was no one to complain to in the woods, so I did not complain, ' Knight said.

Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, wrote that nothing can be expressed about solitude "that has not already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.

It's more cruel to give someone false hope than telling the bitter truth

We could help the pulpit to understand that the miracle centered gospel is letting our values and culture down.

Before the Plan, there is an Idea. Before the Idea, there is a Purpose. Before the Purpose, there is Your Spirit...aching to express Itself

History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.

The lady ... is an anomaly to which the western nations of this planet have grown accustomed but which would require a great deal of explanation before a Martian could understand her.

Ignorance is ugly and is the result of a lack of education. Help change that by spreading knowledge, positivity, & love for your fellow man.

If you want to learn about a culture, you look at what buildings the people lived in but you also want to know about their cosmos.

The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

Delivery is about being more efficient, it's about numbers, and it's about extracting costs.