Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Quote by Karl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Certainty Quotes

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in...

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in...

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with...

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with...

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and...

Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and...

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some...

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some...

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all...

Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all...

War is the province of danger.

War is the province of danger.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of...

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of...

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time...

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time...

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a...

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a...