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

All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

[...] to introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.

War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.