David Petersen Quotes

• Clouds, leaves, soil, and wind all offer themselves as signals of changes in the weather. However, not all the storms of life can be predicted.

  David Petersen

  Clouds, Wind, Weather

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• A minimal level of sportsman ethics afield is mandated by written law. Beyond that, say, when an action is legal but ethically questionable, or when (as Aldo Leopold long ago pointed out) no one is watching, hunter ethics is an individual responsibility. As the existentialists would have it, we determine our own honor minute by minute, action by action, one decision at a time.

  David Petersen

  Responsibility, Long Ago, Law

  "The North American Model for Wildlife Conservation Is an Endangered Species in Colorado" by David Petersen, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2013.

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• I am a hunter. Not merely 'a person who hunts', but someone to whom this ancient, natural and honorable activity is an essential and deeply meaningful part of life.

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  Meaningful, Essentials, Hunters

  David Petersen (2014). “Racks: A Natural History of Antlers and the Animals That Wear Them”, p.114, Booktango

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• It matters not what you fight but what you fight for.

  David Petersen

  Fighting, Matter

  David Petersen (2009). “Mouse Guard Volume 2: Winter 1152”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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• I've known no better teacher than hunting. And what hunting has taught me is hardly restricted to the ways of wildings and woods.

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  Teacher, Hunting, Taught

  David Petersen (2015). “On the Wild Edge: In Search of a Natural Life”, p.100, Holt Paperbacks

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• The 'will to peace' is the best answer that we can imagine to the 'will to war', which unfortunately seems as strong in this century as it was in the middle of the last.

  David Petersen

  Strong, War, Answers

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• There is no such thing as a leap into literacy.

  David Petersen

  Literacy, Leap

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• Physicality is the basis of performance.

  David Petersen

  Bases, Performances, Physicality

  David Petersen (2007). “The Well-Tempered Body: Expressive Movement for Actors, Improvisers, and Performance Artists”, p.9, David Petersen

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• You should always aim to be your own mouse, Lieam. In fact...you already are. You are not so quick to jump into danger as Saxon and not as pensive of mind as Kenzie. They rely on each other too much. Saxon knows he can afford to be reckless since Kenzie acts as his conscience. And Kenzie can linger in his thoughts and plans, because he knows Saxon can defend him. I tested Kenzie earlier. I wanted to see if he would be swayed by my advice. It took Saxon's coaxing to make up the greyfur's mind. Be compleete with in yourself young redfur...you will never disappoint. Even in solitude.

  David Petersen

  Advice, Solitude, Mind

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• Naturally and logically, people who forage rather than herd domestic beasts and tend crops for a living - that is, people who depend utterly on wild as opposed to agriculture nature for their welfare - inevitably come to view themselves as merely an element of it all, one member of an egalitarian community, alternately eating and being eaten.

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  Views, Agriculture, People

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• Take no duty of the Guard lightly. Friends must not be enemies Just as enemies must not be friends. Discerning the two is a life's work.

  David Petersen

  Two, Enemy, Duty

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