Strength is leading when you just don't want to lead.

Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.

I was raised to believe that soldiers were strong and wise and brave and faithful; they didn't lie, cheat, steal or abandon their comrades.

I think every war certainly wears on national will and national patience, particularly a counterinsurgency.

O seasons, O castles, What soul is without flaws?All its lore is known to me, Felicity, it enchants us all.

I know who I want to be with, and it isn't her.- Ryan

There aren't any GOOD guys. You realize that, don't you? I mean: there aren't EVIL guys, and INNOCENT guys. It's just - it's just... It's just a bunch of guys.

To a fireman, wind is a curse. To a sailor, wind is a blessing.

When someone wants to give you a “piece of their mind, ” ask them to give you “peace from their heart” instead.

When you succumb to obedience, in an erotic sense, you are not giving away a part of yourself, but seeking something new, something other, within yourself.

Avoid trouble with those who are fanatics; they remain imprisoned in exclusivism and deserve compassion just as any other prisoner.

The only thing happening in San Diego County is Eno and closet homosexuality.

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks.