Line of Control

by Mainak Dhar

The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

‘And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather, look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.’

News is the first rough draft of history. - Ben Bradlee

If we are the invaders, we may direct our attack against the Sovereign himself. - Sun Tzu

Without harmony in the state, no military expedition can be undertaken. - Sun Tzu

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. - Sun Tzu

The statesman who, seeing war is inevitable, hesitates to strike first is guilty of a crime against his country. - Karl Von Clausewitz

When the flag is unfurled in battle, all reason is in the trumpet. - Ukrainian proverb

He will win, who prepared himself, takes the enemy unprepared. - Sun Tzu

Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Nor public men, nor cheering crowds, A lonely impulse of delight, Drove to this tumult in the clouds. - W.B. Yeats, An Irish Airman Foresees His Death

That general is skilled in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend. - Sun Tzu

The enemy advances, we retreat. The enemy camps, we harass. The enemy tires, we attack. - Mao Tse Tung

patience was a virtue that kept you alive.

If fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight, even at the ruler's bidding. - Sun Tzu

If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in. - Sun Tzu

He who is skilled in attack flashes forth from the topmost heights of Heaven. - Sun Tzu

Let us not hear of generals who conquer without bloodshed. If a bloody slaughter is a horrible sight, then it is ground for paying more respect to war. - Karl Von Clausewitz

All warfare is based on deception... hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder and crush him. - Sun Tzu

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Justice without force is powerless, force without justice is tyrannical. - Blaise Pascal

There are no warlike peoples- just warlike leaders. - Ralph Burke

The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never happens. - Gen. Omar Bradley

What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying. - Nikita Khrushchev

Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed. - Irene Peter

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. - Oscar Wilde