Any man can shoot a gun, and with practice he can draw fast and shoot accurately, but that makes no difference. What counts is how you stand up when somebody is shooting back at you.

There are shadows for the shadows of things, as a reflection seen in a mirror of a mirror. We know there are circles within circles and dimensions beyond dimension. Reality is itself a shadow, only an appearance accepted by those whose eyes shun what might lie beyond.

Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is violence they want and neither truth nor freedom.

I wonder why it is the man who pleads for mercy never gives it.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Being scared can keep a man from getting killed, and often makes a better fighter out of him.

It is better to have no emotion when it is work. Do what needs to be done, and do it coolly.