The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

We don't inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

My work is proof of self-obliteration.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.