In war-time a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a hero who is running away.

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

Human beings are like timid punctuation marks sprinkled among the incomprehensible sentences of life.

A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal.

Only the mediocre die always at their best. Real leaders are always improving - and raising their bar on how superbly they can perform and how quickly they can move.

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?