Holiness is not for wimps and the cross is not negotiable, sweetheart, it's a requirement.
A modern state is such a complex and interdependent fabric that it offers a target highly sensitive to a sudden and overwhelming blow from the air.
The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.
In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.
The theory of the indirect approach operates on the line of least expectation.
If you want peace, understand war.
In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed - if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose.
Let us never cease to feel compassion for those in want. Let us never tire of helping victims of injustice and oppression. He who puts his faith in the restoration of human dignity cannot be wrong.
A mother's pride, a father's joy.
The great thing about Burgess's work is the dichotomy of making the hero or anti-hero an immoral man. And that's what makes it interesting. Because, you know, you are sucked into kind of like this guy.
Without courage all other virtues lose their meaning.