Where absolute superiority is not attainable, you must produce a relative one at the decisive point by making skillful use ofwhat you have.

If we read history with an open mind, we cannot fail to conclude that, among all the military virtues, the energetic conduct of war has always contributed most to glory and success.

It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned monographs than by insights, broad impressions, and flashes of intuition.

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

Talent and genius operate outside the rules, and theory conflicts with practice.

In War more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently to what we had expected, and look differently when near, to what they did at a distance.

There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.