“It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.”

“People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.”

“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.”

“Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.”

“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.”

“Intellect is not wisdom.”

“The language of sword is less powerful than the language of word, but most ofthe people understand the language of sword with greater power than thelanguage of word.”

“We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it's all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It's the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies bar...”

“Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.”

“I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.”

“You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.”

“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”

“Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.”

“A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.”

“Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.”