The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced is that between friend and enemy. Carl Schmitt
Japan will not abandon the fight for the Philippines even if Tokyo should be reduced to ashes! Iwane Matsui
He that dies in extreme old age will be reduced to the same state with him that is cut down untimely. Marcus Aurelius
At bottom there is but one subject of study: the forms and metamorphoses of mind. All other subjects may be reduced to that; all other studies bring us back to this study. Henri-Frédéric Amiel
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Maya Angelou
Great things can be reduced to small things, and small things can be reduced to nothing. Chinese Proverb