“All men are tragic...All men are comic...Every man is important if he loses his life; and every man is funny if he loses his hat.”

“What every man looks for in life is his own salvation and the salvation of the men he lives with. By salvation I mean first of all the full discovery of who he himself really is.”

“A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man. ”

“Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he s not he s a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.Some men get over their fright in a minute under fire. For some it takes an hour. For some it takes days. But a real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor his sense of duty to his country and his innate manhood. Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base.”

“Every life is meant to help all lives; each man should live for all men's betterment.”

“As a man begins to understand the sacrifices he must make to live the life he dreams of, he often loses his courage for such a life.”