The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.
–George Bernard Shaw

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
–Robert Lynd (1879-1949), Anglo-Irish essayist, journalist

All a man can betray is his conscience.
–Joseph Conrad, from Under Western Eyes

To be ready to die, we have to be ready to live – to live with such care, humility, passion and fearlessness that the future disappears in the fullness of the eternal present.
– Andrew Cohen

“There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to possess it.”
– Ronald Reagan