Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.

The Universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Beauty is a form of genius--is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.

If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable percentage of our material is bound to malfunction even before it is deployed against a foe. We no longer waste manpower by carrying the flag into battle. Instead we need battalions of electronic engineers to keep the terrible machinery grinding.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

The person who is waiting for something to turn up might start with their shirt sleeves.

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.

Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.