True prayer is the trading of the heart with God.
man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer
A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
Even the most favorable outcome of the war will never lead to the decomposition of the main forces of Russia, which is based on millions of Russian. . . The latter, even if they break up international treaties, just as quickly re-connect with each other, like pieces of a particle of mercury.
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
We have to Build Bridges of Peace Instead of building Walls of Wars.
It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.
In Italy, on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original elements, - into hostile atoms, whose only movement was that of mutual repulsion.
Once ISIS is defeated, there is a larger effort under way to make certain that we don't just sprout a new enemy. We know ISIS is going to go down. We have had success on the battlefield. We have freed millions of people from being under their control.