The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.

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 ground was silvery, as if some stars had fallen there.

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.

This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants.

I'm still with that feeling that I am afraid of doing the wrong thing, because somebody is going to punish me.

This is the Lord's doing. And it is marvelous in our eyes.

I've been thankful to work with some wonderful people and sort of combine forces with some folks that... like in recent years, working with Alan Ferber or his brother Mark who's a wonderful drummer.

Life is to be lived through action not by dreaming.

To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love is to open up a horizon of hope.

Each encounter with Jesus changes our life.

At the core, we're all spiritual beings.