Quotes about Combat

Do you know that much of the Christian warfare consisteth in the combat between the flesh and the Spirit; and that is the very difference between a true Christian and a wicked wretch, that one liveth after the Spirit, and mortifieth the deeds and desires of the body, and the other liveth after the flesh?

We all become well-disguised mirror image of anything that we fight too long or too directly. That which we oppose determines the energy and frames the questions after a while. Most frontal attacks on evil just produce another kind of evil in yourself, along with a very inflated self-image to boot.

I like hitting people. The best feeling is when you hit so hard, pow! You get a jarring headache.

The warrior who goes off to battle should not boast as the one who returns from it.

We have to use instead of the weapon of criticism, the criticism of weapons.

The Christian life, then, is a battle, so sharp and full of danger that effort can nowhere be relaxed without loss.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

I'm not a massive featherweight.

The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.

We continue to resist the occupier militarily, culturally and by all means of the resistance.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

What could you do? Major Major asked himself again. What could you do with a man who looked you squarely in the eye and said he would rather die than be killed in combat, a man who was at least as mature and intelligent as you were and who you had to pretend was not? What could you say to him?