Gordon R. Dickson

“Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives.”

“Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.”

“The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.”

“We are the things that others fear.”

“Evolution has no foresight. It builds on what is already there.”

“The man who is certain of his victory is already half-beaten.”

“A man is what he makes of himself. He can be a hero or a villain, a creator or a destroyer. The choice is his.”

“Out of the mouths of babes comes the truth.”

“To be a man is to be a non-conformist.”

“The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, but in giving.”