This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead.

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.

The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.

We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.

With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.

In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would have a problem definitely.

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.

It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - they help us to learn.

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.