What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly . . .
What distinguishes Buddhism from any other faith I’ve studied—from most human beings, really—is that the people who face the wall and the people who face away from it have never fought a war over it....
We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection
War is a simple matter compared with revolution. War is an applied science, with well-defined principles tested in history; analogous solutions may be found from ballista to H-bomb. But every revoluti...
Want to back out? Jill let out a long breath. No. I’ve always wanted a life of crime. Will you teach me gangster lingo? I want to be a credit to you.
Till the stars grow old and our sun grows cold? Will you fight for us, lie for us, love us - and let us love you?
Thou art God.
There was a lot to be said for the job of assistant section leader—when you come right to it, it’s a lot easier to die than it is to use your head.
There is no such thing as a humane war.
The universe will let us know—later—whether or not Man has any right to expand through it. In
The practical reason for continuing our system is the same as the practical reason for continuing anything: It works satisfactorily.
The practical reason for continuing our system is the same as the practical reason for continuing anything: It works satisfactorily. Nevertheless,
The faith I was reared in didn’t require anybody to know anything. Just confess your sins and be saved, and there you were, safe in the arms of Jesus. A man could be too stupid to hit the floor with h...
The fact that he had broken his oath more times than there were years intervening did not trouble him; his was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.
The fact that Ben retained Cavendish shows how seriously he took the matter; you don’t hunt rabbits with an elephant gun.
The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail, Forever and Ever . . . I know where I came from—but where did all you zombies come from?
That was smart, that was engineering: never reinvent something that you can buy down the street.
Talking with a Martian is something like talking with an echo. You don't get any argument but you don't get results either.
Study it yourself. If I told you, you would not know; you simply would have been told.
Straining at gnats and swallowing camels is a required course in all law schools.