The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ.

If you want peace, understand war.

For even the best of peace training is more theoretical than practical experience ... indirect practical experience may be the more valuable because infinitely wider.

To foster the people's willing spirit is often as important as to possess the more concrete forms of power.

In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

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.

The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ.