You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.

Preparation is - if not the key to genius - then at least the key to sounding like a genius.

Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.

Science unfolded her treasures and her secrets to the desperate demands of men, and placed in their hands agencies and apparatus almost decisive in their character. Reflecting on the outcome of World War I, and an ominous future.

Don't give your son money. As far as you can afford it, give him horses.

The world, nature, human beings, do not move like machines. The edges are never clear-cut, but always frayed. Nature never draws a line without smudging it.