There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.

The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

Never was anything great achieved without danger

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

The central defect of evil is not sin but the refusal to acknowledge sin.

Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.