Life & Death Sayings

The greatest evil that can befall men is that they should consider themselves as perfect.

Man's generally accepted view is that good is all that is pleasant to him, and evil is all that is unpleasant to him.

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it.

The Potter's Circle, where the pots are made, and broken, and made again, is the symbol of life and death.

What shall I say of the appalling violation of women, of which it is more evil to speak than to keep silent?

If you must have blood, bathe in the blood of the infidels.

The land which you inhabit is too narrow for your large population; it scarcely furnishes food enough for its cultivators. Hence it is that you murder and devour one another.

You are called shepherds; see that you do not act as hirelings. But be true shepherds, with your crooks always in your hands. Do not go to sleep, but guard on all sides the flock committed to you. For if through your carelessness or negligence a wolf…

God's teeth, I would rather die than renounce my faith!

I am not afraid of death, only of dishonor.

The devil is loose!

Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.

The cure for the pain is in the pain.

Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad.

If you want to destroy any nation without war, make adultery or nudity common in the young generation.

Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.

I attacked the English of the Northern Shires like a lion. I ordered their houses and corn, with all their belongings, to be burnt without exception and large herds of cattle and beasts of burden to be destroyed wherever they were found. It was there…