“No one can keep out of conflict, the entire world is at war, and even though the allies are doing better, the end is nowhere in sight.”

“Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you.”

“The folly of war is that it can have no natural end except in the extinction an entire people.”

“But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.”

“Keep on hoping for peace, my son...even though the heaven is still at war.”

“No one starts a war warning that those involved will lose their innocence - that children will definitely die and be forever lost as a result of the conflict; that the war will not end for generations and generations, even after cease-fires have been declared and peace treaties have been signed. No one starts a war that way, but they should. It would at least be fair warning and an honest admission: even a good war - if there is such a thing - will kill anyone old enough to die.”