Selecting a challenge and meeting it creates a sense of self-empowerment that becomes the ground for further successful challenges.
Offering democracy to an Arab is like bringing a horse to a steakhouse.
The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.
If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim.
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
Fight back! Whenever you are offered violence, fight back! The aggressor does not fear the law, so he must be taught to fear you. Whatever the risk, and at whatever the cost, fight back!
Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.
Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances.
I am the ocean we lived on for two months. I am empty. I am nothing.
The most common thing that I get is, ‘Am I the only one who doesn’t think that Anna Kendrick is pretty? And youre like, ‘No, you’re not the only one. Arguably, all of the boys in my high school agree with you. ’
Not to be a socialist at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head.