The man is the first weapon of battle. Let us study the soldier, for it is he who brings reality to it.

If one does not wish bonds broken, one should make them elastic and thereby strengthen them.

The instruments of battle are valuable only if one knows how to use them.

A force engaged is out of the hand of its commander.

Frederick liked to say that three men behind the enemy were worth fifty in front of him.

He, general or mere captain, who employs every one in the storming of a position can be sure of seeing it retaken by an organized counterattack of four men and a corporal.

My idea of "goodness" had to do with belonging in a small yet reciprocal way to something huge and beautiful beyond my understanding.

We should always assist our friends and enemies in order to create a decent social environment.

It is in my internal and external struggles, when it feels like someone is river-dancing on my last nerve, that the fruit of the Spirit is developed.

God is the most ancient of all things, for he had no birth.

The power numbers are nice, but I'm most pleased that I've been consistent. Home runs come from having a consistent approach .

I think Hollywood's gotten more reactionary and conservative over the years, because there's no longer art in Hollywood. Art suffers in Hollywood.

I counted to ten slowly, using binary notation.

The redness was going out of the light now, the remains of the day were a fading pink, the color of wild roses.

Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.

The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it.