While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.

Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.

This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato, that wisest of all philosophers: "Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Life is a lively process of becoming.

I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.