You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

Treachery has existed as long as there’s been warfare, and there’s always been a few people that you couldn’t trust.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Jack Kerouac influenced me quite a bit as a writer… in the Arab sense that the enemy of my enemy was my friend.

Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species. The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life’s morning.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

War – An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

My old drama coach used to say, ‚Don’t just do something, stand there.‘ Gary Cooper wasn’t afraid to do nothing.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

Don’t throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass.

The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

Drones are just another weapon, and they turn out to be a very effective weapon that puts no American troops at risk, and I don’t see why we shouldn’t use them against identified enemy targets.

I’m married. My wife, Stella – a beautiful woman. She’s brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

The wisest hustler can suddenly fall for the worst tramp and lose all of his money on her. The hustler is aware of his own weaknesses and openings to con. This awareness is his edge.

I certainly would not like to end up in a tie-up with Ms. Rousey.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

Death wasn’t part of God’s original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy – the last enemy to be destroyed.

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Common sense is not so common.

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight… the truly wise person is colorblind.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

‚Suffering should not make us bitter people,‘ my mother once said, ‚it should make us better comforters.‘ Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they’ll be walking those same steps, but there may not be anyone following behind.

It is important to emphasize that guerrilla warfare is a war of the masses, a war of the people. The guerrilla band is an armed nucleus, the fighting vanguard of the people. It draws its great force from the mass of the people themselves.

At fifty everyone has the face he deserves.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.

When one has finished building one’s house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way – before one began.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.