I myself find waiting more tiring than action.

We hoped to land a wild cat that would tear out the bowels of the Boche. Instead we have stranded a vast whale with its tail flopping about in the water.

How often in life must one be content with what one can get!

The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'.

Everything trends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared up & happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that?

You must be prepared for further efforts of mind and body and further sacrifices to great causes, if you are not to fall back into the rut if inertia, the confusion of aim and the craven fear of being great.

The most important thing about education is appetite.