The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

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.

The darkening of the world makes the irrationality of art rational: radically darkened art.

Money cannot eradicate poverty, only education can.

It took him a while to figure out that gaining an audience was not the same thing as gaining friends.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

We should conserve evil just as we should conserve the forests. It is true that by thinning and clearing the forests the earth grew warmer.

Will you still love me when I'm a monster?

If it is in the highest good for all life everywhere.

Take your time. Love is gonna come. Don't force it. Don't try to make it happen. Relax, take your time, and you'll know when it's there. My mom gave me that advice.

There is no pain on this earth like seeing the same woman look at another man the way she once looked at you.