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

Quote by Karl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Certainty Quotes

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...

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.

War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.

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...

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...

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

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

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.

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

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

War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.

War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.

War is the province of danger.

War is the province of danger.

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.

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

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...

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

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...

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...

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...