They taught me that no man could be their leader except he ate the ranks' food, wore their clothes, lived level with them, and yet appeared better in himself.
T. E. LawrenceThe people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.
T. E. LawrenceYou wonder what I am doing? Well, so do I, in truth. Days seem to dawn, suns to shine, evenings to follow, and then I sleep. What I have done, what I am doing, what I am going to do, puzzle and bewilder me. Have you ever been a leaf and fallen from your tree in autumn and been really puzzled about it? Thatโs the feeling.
T. E. Lawrence