Drones are just another weapon, and they turn out to be a very effective weapon that put on American troops at risk, and I don't see why we shouldn't use them against identified enemy targets.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. 

To my mind the old masters are not at; their value is in their scarcity.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

Religion is all bunk.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

 It is my nature to be a friend of the friendless.