What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.

Morale is a state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.

Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning.

Knowledge is awareness, and to it are many paths, not all of them paved with logic. But sometimes one is guided through the maze by intuition. One is led by something felt on the wind, something seen in the stars, something that calls from the wastelands to the spirit.

I'm actually writing history. It isn't what you'd call big history. I don't write about presidents and generals... I write about the man who was ranching, the man who was mining, the man who was opening up the country.