In war, while everything is simple, even the simplest thing is difficult. Difficulties accumulate and produce frictions which no one can comprehend who has not seen war.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

‎Reconciliation‬ is the most significant level of life's maturity!

To exist is to change to change is to mature to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time.

Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance.

No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.

If things don't seem out of control, you're not going fast enough.

Focused mind power is one of the strongest forces on earth.

Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed and rightly.

I'm a little bit in shock, to tell you the truth.

You kill people you hate or you kill in rage or you kill to get even, but you don't kill someone you're indifferent to.