There is an undercurrent of savagery in the human psyche. Anyone who forgets this and doesn’t guard against it, risks being swept away by it.
Cowards are always much more dangerous than heroes.
Anyone can act strategically, it doesn’t take much to make a plan. The skill of a general is his or her ability to react strategically when plans fail.
It is impossible for the sane to truly understand madness.
It is impossible to know the whole depth of someone’s character from a single moment, but seeing how they respond to the unexpected is a great start.
I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.
Battles waged in daylight are fought by soldiers. Battles waged at night are fought by savages.
No healthy mind could bring itself to torture another human being.
Animal rage is scary, but not as scary as control.
There are few things more powerful than a name. A single phrase that somehow becomes a symbol for an entire existence.
Every sacred moment is made that way by sacrifice.
I do respect clever.
All feel justified. To find truth, a man must consider the possibility that he is wrong.
To weaken the body, remove blood. To weaken the character, remove struggle.
Man is slow because he hesitates
For the entire history of humanity, we have stared into fires, hypnotized by the twitch and flow of the blues and yellows. We see the stars of alien skies reflected in the coals and divine messages in...
Love truly makes the world turn, as it has been said. What people forget is that the turning of the world brings darkness as well as the light.
Great language and great literature do not survive long without each other
Stories shape the world.
I have never seen genius without a touch of madness... and vice versa.
