War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them.

Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they are outstanding and reveal themselves in exceptional achievements, their possessor is called a 'genius'.

Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind.

The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war.

War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.