The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

The central defect of evil is not sin but the refusal to acknowledge sin.

The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing uptheir numbers.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare