In the middle of a dessert, no one talks about the virtues of the Sun!
War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.
Give me fifty DC-3's and the Japanese can have the Burma Road.
It is not worth it to sacrifice the interest of the country for the sake of my son.
You must all be aware that modern war is not a mere matter of military operations. It involves the whole strength and all the resources of the nation. Not only soldiers, but also all citizens without exception, take part.
It was entirely due to my mother [a devout Buddhist] and her kindness and perseverance that the family was saved from utter ruin. For a period of 17 years--from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old--my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.
We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.
Agricultural practice served Darwin as the material basis for the elaboration of his theory of Evolution, which explained the natural causation of the adaptation we see in the structure of the organic world. That was a great advance in the knowledge of living nature.
I bought a clock, but the big hand broke off of it. . . so I just added "ish" to every number.
I think people think I spend loads but I very rarely treat myself. I could splash out on lots of things but I put my money into properties.
Listen with your heart, you will understand.