“As for bravery: dead on the fields are millions who would have feared to wear a hat in inappropriate season, so I judged that brave warriors are dirt cheap as compared with untimid civilians.”

Interview with Rock Guitar Player Magazine, 2003.

Mein lieber Professor, ein solcher Krieg hätte uns wenigstens 30,000 Mann brave Soldaten gekostet, und uns im besten Falle keinen Gewinn gebracht. Wer aber nur ein Mal in das brechende Auge eines sterbenden Kriegers auf dem Schlachtfeld geblickt hat, der besinnt sich, bevor er einen Krieg anfängt.
In June 1867, protecting the Treaty of London
1860s

Oberleutnant Ehrlich, wounded German POW, p. 237
Killing Rommel (2008)

The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)

(from vol 1, letter 21: probably summer 1775, to Mr R___ ).

Source: Mattimeo

Source: Leaves of Grass

Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

Die Trying, Ch. 1 (1998).