Quotes
Authors
Carl von Clausewitz

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

Source : Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.107, Princeton University Press

Carl von Clausewitz

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“Give that child to me. I want it. I will care for it. I am willing to accept any child who would be aborted and to give that child to a married couple who will love the child and be loved by the child.”
“Nothing brings more money to the Treasury of the United States, than investment in education of the American people.”
“Awake,arise,and assert yourself,you dreamers of the world. Your star is now in ascendancy.”
“I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.”

Source : "Q&A with Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa". Interview with Kris Kitto, thehill.com. October 18, 2011.
“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed.”
“You donâ€™t need miracles in the west. You have insurance.”
“An artist must forget painting when he paints. That's the only way he will do original work.”
“The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it.Â However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us.Â It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.”

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