“Praise and esteem bring about skill where skill deserves comendation. When wisdom is adorned with praise it blossoms in profusion.”

“Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills.”

“We praise the virtues of beauty and truth, when in fact we esteem them only to the extent they are convenient and beneficial to us. When they are not, we quickly dismiss them as ugly and false.”

“He seemed to be at that most dangerous of ages, where strength, skill, and confidence met naïveté and idealism; when young men skilled at the crafts of violence could be manipulated into employing those skills with brutal efficiency--and without questions.”

“Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don't look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.”

“What is wisdom? It is the skill to achieve the perfect means by the perfect ends ”