“Warriors are warriors not because of their strengh, but because of their ability strengh to good purpose”

“I thought buying at the local market would be an excellent way to build positive relationships with the local villagers.”

“Across the globe, even in the world's "worst places," people found ways to turn pain into wisdom and suffering into strength. They made their own actions, their very lives, into a memorial that hon...”

“The world needs many more humanitarians than it needs warriors, but there can be none of the former without enough of the latter.”

“Take care of your people" is one of the principle lessons of military leadership. If we take care of our people on deployment, why should that change when we come home?”

“If people can live through genocide and retain compassion, if they can take strength in pain, if they are able, still, to laugh, then certainly we can learn something from them.”

“In this miasma of forgotten wars, torture and the war on terror, there are no easy answers, especially in the face of a very real terrorism. But I can live my questions. As a humanitarian, I can ac...”

“Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.”

“The secret is...good and evil are a myth. There is only the selfish, selfless, and those in between.”

“What does it mean to protest suffering, as distinct from acknowledging it?”

“There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well.”

“It's a little weird that I'm getting an award for being nice and generous and kind... which is what we're all supposed to do for one another. That's the point of being human. I think that kindness ...”

“The Philosopher's Motto: I came, I saw, I pondered!”

“It was a kind of sado-masochism. I would take the things that were painful to me and elevate them and, through the mantra of music, make them into a release.”

“The mind is powerful, but it needs something to hold on to so it doesn't wander.”