You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.

He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head.

The Christian pities men because they are dying, and the Buddhist pities them because they are living. The Christian is sorry for what damages the life of a man; but the Buddhist is sorry for him because he is alive.

The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog.

You don't want to be so open minded that your brains fall out!

If you know what a man's doing, get in front of him; but if you want to guess what he's doing keep behind him.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.