A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>