Paranoia reduces anxiety and guilt by transferring to the other all the characteristics one does not want to recognize in oneself. It is maintained by selective perception and recall. We only see and acknowledge those negative aspects of the enemy that support the stereotype we have already created.
Cerebration is the enemy of originality in art.
Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters.
Truth is always the enemy of power. And power the enemy of truth.
Faith is not sure, if you cannot turn love to quarrel; may my enemies obtain a mild mistress.
We have serious enemies and growing threats around the world. Unfortunately, we have an administration whose idea of a rogue state is Arizona.
Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay.
Safety comes in our nearness to God, not in our distance from our enemies.
The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs. ' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and now.
Never be more scared of the enemy than you think he is of you.
Remember, gentlemen, what a Roman emperor said: The corpse of an enemy always smells sweet.
There is not a more prudent maxim, than to live with one's enemies as if they may one day become one's friends; as it commonly happens, sooner or later, in the vicissitudes of political affairs.
Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.
Freedom and equality are naturan born enemies.
And as for the Pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy and Antichrist, with all his false doctrine.
'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.
However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.
Enemies' promises were made to be broken.
Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God.
Just remember, anger is always your enemy. You must keep your emotions in check. The moment you lose control of them, you lose the fight every time. (Takeshi)