For the spread and endurance of an idea the originator is dependent on the self-development of the receivers and transmitters.

The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.

In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

If you want peace, understand war.

The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.

Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible, adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success or failure.

The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.

The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.

The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that, as in ju-jitsu, his own effort is turned into the lever of his overthrow.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war.

Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart.

Loving him made me never want to love another human being.

Arise and shine.Arise and fulfill your destiny.

An unknown cause is not the same as divine intervention.

It is impossible for the sane to truly understand madness.

Our spiritual attitude is determined by our conception of our relation to infinite spirit.

You are something that the whole world is doing just as when the sea has waves on it.

Don't keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinions.

Marrying a divorced man is ecologically responsible; in a world where there are more women than men, it pays to recycle.

A piece of football history. A unique coach [Sir Alex Ferguson], among the greatest of all-time.