"We fritter away our energy and creativity..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.”

“The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.”

“Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.”

“Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.”

“Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.”

“money is not everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen”

“Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely.”

“There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.”

“The real case against socialism is not its economic inefficiency, though on all sides there is evidence of that. Much more fundamental is its basic immorality.”