Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals. T. E. Lawrence bookflashgeneral Change image and share on social
When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself. T. E. Lawrence angrybearcontent Change image and share on social
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. T. E. Lawrence actdangerousday share on social
The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God. T. E. Lawrence beduingod Change image and share on social
Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression. T. E. Lawrence acknowledgeaggressionassert share on social
This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought. T. E. Lawrence creeddesertinexpressible Change image and share on social
A first difficulty of the Arab movement was to say who the Arabs were. Being a manufactured people, their name had been changing in sense slowly year by year. Once it meant an Arabian. There was a country called Arabia; but this was nothing to the point. T. E. Lawrence arabarabiaarabian share on social
A man who gives himself to be a possession of aliens leads a Yahoo life, having bartered his soul to a brute-master. He is not of them. He may stand against them, persuade himself of a mission, batter and twist them into something which they, of their own accord, would not have been. T. E. Lawrence accordalienbarter share on social
It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack, but from the fear of it: such a base as we had in the Red Sea Parts, the desert, or in the minds of the men we converted to our creed. T. E. Lawrence attackbaseconvert share on social
Bedouin ways were hard even for those brought up to them, and for strangers, terrible: a death in life. T. E. Lawrence bedouinbringdeath Change image and share on social
