“Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.”

“The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”

“You can't shame a shameless man, you can only remind him of the awesome shit he's done.”

“There is a simplicity to war. Attacking is the only secret. Dare- and the world yields. How quickly they forget that all it takes to change the course of history... is the will of a single man.”

“There is so much I could say about myself, but I wish you know only this; at times I may be bitter, at times I may be sweet; do not judge me on one character or the other. I have more facets than a jewel, I ask that you understand all of me before you judge me. No one side of my personality is bigger than another, just as no one emotion claims me all the time.”

“Any man who barely sustains an armistice with himself has no business poking around in an alien soul.”

“I think there is only one form of greatness for man. If a man can bridge the gap between life and death. I mean, if he can live on after he has died, then maybe he was a great man. To me the only success, the only greatness, is immortality.”