The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness.

From the strictest humanitarian viewpoint, any attempt to stop the processes by which over crowded cities purge themselves is not a kindness.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Faith is intellectual laziness.

Ability is a wonderful thing, but its value is greatly enhanced by dependability. Ability implies repeatability and accountability.