Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.

When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles

What does a mirror look at?

Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.

Beaurocracy destroys initiative.

There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh.

We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.