Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it.

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense--what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known.

Do not look back and do not dream about the future. It will neither give you back the past, nor satisfy your other daydreams. Your duty, your reward, your destiny, is in the present moment