"Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death."

"Solutions are not the answer."

"I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope -- an impotence, in short; and that to despise all effort is the greatest effort of all."

"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go."

"A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't."

"Understanding wasn't always necessary as long as you believed."

"Man is only man at the surface. Remove the skin, dissect, and immediately you come to machinery."

"'Nothing for preserving the body like having no heart.'"

"I have nothing to say, and I am saying it, and that is poetry."

"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world."

"He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young."

"The mere sense of living is joy enough."