War is the province of danger.

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.

Books have the power to create, destroy or change civilization.

It is an illusion to think that the matter can be resolved through words.

Is the human race a universal constructor?

Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.

The plants have taught me they don't like to be potted too long - it's very restrictive to them so I would plant them outside if you could, or in a green house.

[Reformers] might be classified as a distinct species having eyes in the back of their heads.

A heaven so clear, an earth so calm, So sweet, so soft, so hushed an air; And, deepening still the dreamlike charm, Wild moor-sheep feeding everywhere.

Part of growing up is not waiting in line at a hipster breakfast restaurant. The eggs taste the same across the street. I promise.

Birth, and copulation, and death; that's all the facts when you come to brass tacks.