The man with the knapsack is never lost. No matter whither he may stray, his food and shelter are right with him, and home is wherever he may choose to stop.
A man can stand almost any hardship by day, and be none the worse for it, provided he gets a comfortable nights rest; but without sound sleep he will soon go to pieces, no matter how gritty he may be.
You may loan your last dollar to a friend; but never loan him your axe, unless you are certain that he knows how to use it.
Knicks and dull edges are abominations, so use knives and hatchets for nothing but they were made for.
To equip a pedestrian with shelter, bedding, utensils, food, and other necessities, in a pack so light and small that he can carry it without overstrain, is really a fine art.
This, however, is sure: nothing is really lost. Any influence for good, no matter how ephemeral, makes its mark: it helps to leaven the loaf of evil: it leaves a loophole, albeit a small one, for a future escape from bondage.
Inspiration springs more readily from knowledge than from ignorance.
The going is the goal.
Let’s go sit and hate a bunch of people.
Pictures just come to my mind and I tell my heart to go ahead.
My opinion of art is that a man should have love for it, because my idea is that he paints from his heart and mind.
If a man knows nothing but hard times, he will paint them, for he must be true to himself.
The pictures come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worthwhile picture I paint it I do over the picture several times in my mind and when I am ready to paint it I have all the details I need.
The war brought out all the art in me.
The rules have changed so much from our days and the Heatu2019s days. It was more physical back then. Today you can run around without getting touched. Today, Michael Jordan would average about 45 points.
If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.
A bystander often sees more of the game than those that play.
I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one.
The farther I travel, the less I wonder at anything: a few days reconcile one to a new spot, or an unseen custom; and men are so much the same everywhere, that one scare perceives a change in situation.
Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man.