There Is Only One Decisive

It Is Paltry Philosophy If In The Old-fashioned Way One Lays Down Rules And Principles In Total Disregard Of Moral Values . As Soon As These Appear One Regards Them As Exceptions, Which Gives Them A Certain Scientific Status, And Thus Makes Them Into Rules. Or Again One May Appeal To Genius , Which Is Above All Rules; Which Amounts To Admitting That Rules Are Not Only Made For Idiots , But Are Idiotic In Themselves.

War Is Not An Independent Phenomenon, But The Continuation Of Politics By Different Means.

Where Absolute Superiority Is Not Attainable, You Must Produce A Relative One At The Decisive Point By Making Skillful Use Ofwhat You Have.

War Is Not An Exercise Of The Will Directed At An Inanimate Matter.

Beauty Cannot Be Defined By Abscissas And Ordinates; Neither Are Circles And Ellipses Created By Their Geometrical Formulas.