Quotes from David Petersen

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

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

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.

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.

The natural world is the only reality, thus the only valid base for spirituality there is.

Hunting is an exercise in faith … no, not faith, but optimistic patience.

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.

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.