If we read history with an open mind, we cannot fail to conclude that, among all the military virtues, the energetic conduct of war has always contri… - Carl von Clausewitz

We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them. Even with the violence of emotion, judgment and principle must still function like a ship’s compass, which records the slightest variations however rough the sea.

donde las cosas están bien ordenadas no debería haber más que un mando supremo en un mismo teatro bélico,

[T]he first consideration in the combination of a plan for a war, is to determine the centres of gravity of the enemy’s power, and, if possible, to reduce them to one.