Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.
It's just as unpleasant to get more than you bargain for as to get less.
Start with the belief that your life can indeed be changed, and that you have the power to change it.
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
If all the Churches of Europe closed their doors until the drums ceased rolling they would act as a most powerful reminder that though the glory of war is a famous and ancient glory, it is not the final glory of God.
Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance.