At worst, they were vile creatures who needed to be wiped from the face of the earth. At best, such behavior shows a dangerous lack of self-control. The first business of a warrior is self-restraint

For what is a flower but life's expressed passion for itself. Sudden and brief, but certain and eternal at the same time

He said truth has a taste, and this had the taste of truth. A wolf would put it that way, but I agree it does. Some things just don't hang together, but others…

God, to breathe. Air. You don't know what it means until you cannot take a breath

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncall'd for) but …

For a warrior, to be inaccessible means that he touches the world around him sparingly. And above all, he deliberately avoids exhausting himself and others. He…

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.