209 Quotes by Carl von Clausewitz

The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight - like the effect of a fog - gives things exaggerated dimensions and unnatural appearance.

If you entrench yourself behind strong fortifications, you compel the enemy seek a solution elsewhere.

Every age has its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions and its own peculiar preconceptions.

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

Whoever does great things with small means has successfully reached the goal.

There is nothing more common than to find considerations of supply affecting the strategic lines of a campaign and a war.

Knowing is different from doing and therefore theory must never be used as norms for a standard, but merely as aids to judgment.

There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment

War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.