“Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.”

“A conqueror is always a lover of peace.”

“Politics is the womb in which war develops.”

“Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.”

“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.”

“Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.”

“Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.”

“Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.”

“War is the province of danger.”

“War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.”

“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.”