John Warren

“A soldier’s duty…” Taylor intoned the last word in a voice of granite, “is to do an honest day’s work in dishonest times… and to make the best out of the worst fucking mess imaginable. It means… believing in your heart that some things are more important than your personal devils… or even your personal beliefs. It means the willingness to give up… everything.” Taylor sat back in his chair, never breaking eye contact. “And sometimes it just means lacing up your boots one more time when the whole world’s going to shit.”
― Ralph peters, The War in 2020

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Human beings may hate a distant enemy in theory, but they generally prefer to kill their neighbors.”
― Ralph Peters, Wars of Blood and Faith: The Conflicts That Will Shape the Twenty-First Century

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
― Epictetus