“The enemy gate is down.”
“Remember, the enemy's gate is down.”
“Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.”
“The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.”
“It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town... he can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety.”
“It is two years since I emerged from depression and I no longer want myself dead. I want myself alive. I am no longer my own enemy. Depression is the enemy. The monster lives at my gate. My hope is that, with sufficient effort and luck, I can keep it there.”