Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

Whoever does great things with small means has successfully reached the goal.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.

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