What's the hurry? Are you afraid I won't come back?

Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of fuel, to the last beat of the heart.

The quality of the box matters little. Success depends upon the man who sits in it.

The murder of a man is still murder, even in wartime.

The duty of the fighter pilot is to patrol his area of the sky, and shoot down any enemy fighters in that area. Anything else is rubbish.

Find the enemy and shoot him down. Anything else is nonsense.

As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted.

Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance.

If I should come out of this war alive, I will have more luck than brains.

It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian.

I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.

Nothing is so lovely as a quietly snoring dog and some evening Brahms, as you sit in a comfortably overstuffed chair with your feet on the footstool.

Of all the journeys to undertake, the one of self-compassion is one of utmost importance for long-term well-being.

Moments are precious, sometimes they linger and other times they're fleeing, and yet so much could be done in them; you could change a mind, you could save a life and you could even fall in love.

Handle even a single leaf of green in such a way that it manifests the body of the Buddha. This in turn allows the Buddha to manifest through the leaf.

There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.

We are born with only one obligation - to be completely who we are.

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.

I can't selfishly take journeys anymore because I have to take a little boy along with me.

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives.

Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract