To foster the people's willing spirit is often as important as to possess the more concrete forms of power.

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.

Wisdom plus knowledge equals understanding.

You can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.

It's interesting work for me to tell my life, as a possibility for other people to relate it to themselves - not so much to learn about me.

The extraordinary's the norm.

You can always tell when the relationship is over. Little things start getting on your nerves, 'Would you please stop that! That breathing in and out, it's so repetitious.'

Fans like their heroes simple. I'm supposed to stick out my tongue twenty-four hours a day and do nothing else.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

Listening. Nice idea but difficult to do with constant road and air traffic all around all the time. Please consider getting around by quieter means. Feet, bicycle, horse, it's up to you

Don't Wait! Start on your dreams, your impulses, your longings, your special occasions today. Because this is your moment.

The country has gone sane and got back to horses.