The author's tribute is heartfelt.

If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it'll take all day. Act like you've got all day and it'll take fifteen minutes.

The number one worst piece of horsemanship on earth is violence.

A good trainer can hear a horse speak to him. A great trainer can hear him whisper.

Horses are our silent partners. When we learn their language. This partnership grows strong.

It is not good enough to get your horse to do what you want. It is far better to cause your horse to want to do it.

You must somehow understand that we as horsemen can do very little to teach the horse. What we can do is to create an environment in which he can learn.

I cannot imagine my life without horses. They have been my teachers, my friends, my business partners and my entertainment.

The greatest strength a man can achieve is gentleness.

When educating horses there is no greater maxim than slow is fast and fast is slow.

Horses react appropriately while waiting for the human to get it right.

If I were at any time to set out on a career of deceit, it would be of Miss Marple that I should be afraid.

One [has] to sense the trend of history and precede it.

it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.

You are in a prison with no bars. I worry about you.

High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment.

Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.

Custom is petrification, nothing but dynamite can dislodge it for a century.

You have to build systems to protect against your lesser self.

Turning something into low resolution data does seem to make it worth less in the modern world.

The only difference between 'fear' and 'excitement' is what we label it.