War Quotes - Page 248

The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.

The heart at peace is its own reward, needing nothing outside of itself to be fully content.

[Those who accept] the Americanized, Constantinian paradigm [say:] We are of God; they are of the Devil. We are the light; they are the darkness. Our wars are therefore "holy" wars. With all due respect, this is blatant idolatry.

So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days. One may be preoccupied with shopping and income tax returns and chance conversations, but the stream of the unconscious continues to flow undisturbed, solving problems, planning ahead: one sits down sterile and dispirited at the desk, and suddenly the words come as though from the air: the situations that seemed blocked in a hopeless impasse move forward: the work has been done while one slept or shopped or talked with friends.

The war against terror is like a war against dandruff. It's a metaphor. It's not about anything.

Ninety-five percent of thought, emotion, and learning occur in the unconscious mind - that is, without our awareness.

Humanity's true purpose is not to become stronger physically, it's to become more intelligent-from armies, who increasingly fight with specialized units rather than regiments and tanks, to garage owners, who use a lot more than jacks to fix your engine. As intelligence prevails throughout humanity, maybe there'll be fewer wars and better cars.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.

What can I say about the First World War, a war in which I served as an infantryman, a war I hated at the start and to which I never warmed as it proceeded?

The United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace.

Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind.

I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people.

And for the people who promote drones as the answer to everything, there is a danger from being distanced from the reality of the ugly mess of war.

I'm not saying there's not darkness in there still, but it's happening from outward factors more than inward. Maybe things are terrifying, but they're beautiful, too. The world is extremely surprising.

In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized.

Perhaps poetry will be the canary in the mine-shaft warning us of what's to come.

The war is in the mountains,” he said. “For as long as I can remember, they have killed us in the cities with decrees, not with bullets.

Inspiration gives no warnings.

No one conquers who doesn't fight.

Untroubled, scornful, outrageous - that is how wisdom wants us to be: she is a woman and never loves anyone but a warrior.

When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories.

Music is part of the tantra, the dance of life. Before your eyes, before your awareness, is the procession of eternity.

The most certain way of ensuring victory is to march briskly and in good order against the enemy, always endeavouring to gain ground.

We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign remedy for all physical ills.