Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did Vietnam.

If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.

It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.

That's because international Islamic religious fanatics have the same goal as the Axis fascists - the destruction of our way of life.

Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can't be treated just where it's visible - every diseased cell in the body must be destroyed.

We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media tell us and hence our enemy.

Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive.

War is the ultimate reality-based horror show.

Respecting your opponent is the key to winning any bout. Hold your enemy in contempt and you may miss the strategy behind his moves

So it's not a matter of the military lying to the press, but it's the job of the military to deny the press any information that will provide aid and comfort to the enemy.

Suffering is a part of real life lesson.

The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and ethnic belligerence.

Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.

The second stage of meditation begins when you can successfully stop thought for long periods of time. At this point you move beyond the awareness of this world.

It is good to pray for the repair of mistakes, but praying earlier would keep us from making so many. When puzzled, go to prayer and listen.

With women, the heart argues, not the mind.

I've worked out a Ninja Replacement Score for novels. It's basically the number of characters that need to be replaced by ninjas to make the book good.

You cannot separate any part from the whole: interdependence rules the cosmic order.

So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference.