A civilization that denies death ends by denying life.
Casualties? What do I care about casualties?
Our life evokes our character. You find out more about yourself as you go on. That's why it's good to put yourself in situations that will evoke your higher nature rather than your lower.
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.
Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.