“Follow what may, great deeds are not lessened in worth.”

“People don't want words, as seductive, pleasant and warming as they can be. People want to see that they're worth some sacrifice or some great deed. And it's not that people are always worth it, it's that love is.”

“In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadow follows the body.”

“I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.”

“Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.”

“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of thosewho are throughout persuaded of each other's worth”