Why is it that so many men of small stature have more courage than men of size? - John le Carré

A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.

there is no reward for love except the experience of loving, and nothing to be learned by it except humility.

And the second question I would ask him... Have you ever seen what happens when a grenade goes off in a school? Do you really know what you’re doing when you order shock and awe? Are you prepared to kneel beside a dying soldier and tell him why he went to Iraq, or why he went to any war?