Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

by Terry Pratchett

People build something that works. Then circumstances change, and they have to tinker with it to make it continue to work, and they are so busy tinkering that they cannot see that a much better idea would be to build a whole new system to deal with the new circumstances. But to an outsider, the idea is obvious.”

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it.

religion in battle is as much use as a chocolate helmet.

whatever it is you are going to do next, do it as you. Good or bad, do it as you.

Too many lies and there’s no truth to go back to.”

The enemy wasn’t men, or women, or the old, or even the dead. It was just bleedin’ stupid people, who came in all varieties. And no one had the right to be stupid.