The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.

That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do.

The sad end he met in Afghanistan was more accurately a function of his stubborn idealism - his insistence on trying to do the right thing. In which case it wasn't a tragic flaw that brought Tillman down, but a tragic virtue.

I think I understand that religious faith which makes the holy brave and strong; my strength is just somewhere else--it's in myself...I do not fear what may await me, though I'm equally confident that nothing awaits.

Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.

If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point of grooving. (Quoting Scott Fischer)

The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.