“In peace-armies discipline meant the hunt, not of an average but of an absolute; the hundred per cent standard in which the ninety-nine were played down to the level of the weakest man on parade…. The deeper the discipline, the… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin. I was unable to take the professional view that… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honour.… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“A weariness of the desert was the living always in company, each of the party hearing all that was said and seeing all that… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“We cut three telegraph wires, and fastened the free ends to the saddles of six riding-camels of the Howeitat. The astonished team struggled far… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“We were fond together because of the sweep of open places, the taste of wide winds, the sunlight, and the hopes in which we… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“By day the hot sun fermented us; and we were dizzied by the beating wind. At night we were stained by dew, and shamed… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Half-way through the labour of an index to this book I recalled the practice of my ten years' study of history; and realized that… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Afterwards the greedy Howeitat saw more oryx in the distance and went after the beasts, who foolishly ran a little; then stood still and… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Learn all you can.... Get to know their families, clans and tribes, friends and enemies, wells, hills and roads. Do all this by listening… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Author says he suffered from both "a craving to be famous" and "a horror of being known to like being known.” — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Something hurtful to my pride, disagreeable, rose at the sight of these lower forms of life. Their existence struck a servile reflection upon our… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
