The theory of the indirect approach operates on the line of least expectation.

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.

I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.

It is interesting to wonder whether taxonomists of the future may regret the way our generation messed around with genomes.

Days feels like years when you're alone.

Great charismatic leaders don't just say what voters want to hear

A good writer sells out everybody he knows, sooner or later.

Be an active participant in your community and country. Every small gesture makes up the big gestures. Resist, rinse, repeat.

A life devoted to science is therefore a happy life, and its happiness is derived from the very best sources that are open to dwellers on this troubled and passionate planet.

Experience only can teach men not to prefer what strikes them for the present moment, to what will have much greater weight with the them hereafter.

There are no good-byes, where ever you'll be, you'll be in my heart.

Dogs notice, they share, they draw conclusions, they like it when they're able to be of service and are touchingly grateful when they're praised.