Officers conditioned to conformity in peacetime cannot be expected to behave boldly and flexibly in combat.

...a private who loses a rifle suffers far greater consequences than a general who loses a war.

Always listen to the voice of your conscience. If your conscience conflicts with your faith, question everything.

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

What good is a Bill of Rights that does not include the right to play, to wander, to explore, the right to stillness and solitude, to discovery and physical freedom?

The profoundest order is revealed in what is most casual.

It's very important not to do what your peers think you should do, not do what your parents think,your teachers or even your culture. Do what's inside of you.

Trials, obstacles, difficulties and sometimes defeats, are the very food of faith.

Maybe I should disappear and not make anymore music. I mean, I think I'd take it really badly if I got slayed.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers

We expect a great man to be a good reader.

Your heart is not the compass that God steers by.