10,941 Quotes About War

Indeed, a parallel history of Europe could be written which viewed family life and regular work as the essential Continental motor of civilization. Then war and revolution would need to be seen by historians as startling, sick departures from that norm of a kind that require serious explanation, rather than viewing periods of gentle introversy as mere tiresome interludes before the next thrill-packed bloodbath.

Now war is based on deception. Move when it is advantageous and create changes in the situation by dispersal and concentration of forces. When campaigning, be swift as the wind; in leisurely march, majestic as the forest; in raiding and plundering, like fire; in standing, firm as the mountains. As unfathomable as the clouds, move like a thunderbolt. When you plunder the countryside, divide your forces. When you conquer territory, divide the profits. Weigh the situation, then move.

I build temples out of our feelings…out of our desires, our disappointments. Dreams. Out of that which was, but might slip away.

I was happy … I was happy that I wasn't able to hate.

My fearlessness came from an ignorance of life.

It's not a woman's task-to hate and to kill. Not for us...We had to persuade ourselves. To talk ourselves into it...

More than once afterward I met with these two truths that live in the same human being: one's own truth driven underground, and the common one, filled with the spirit of the time.

What keeps us from remembering ? The unbearableness of the memories ...

War is more than battles, and battles are more than violence.