“Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.”
""There are joys which long to be ours. God sends 10,000 truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.""
- Izaak Walton
Hope
"No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler."
- Izaak Walton
Happiness
"As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler."
- Izaak Walton
Personal Growth
"Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter."
- Izaak Walton
Relationships
"God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart."
- Izaak Walton
Gratitude
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy