War Quote by Dorothy Dunnett

“War is intellect. ”

— R. Scott Bakker

“He had illuminated the heartbreaking cruelty of war: When men who fight become nothing, only packages of bones and blood deposited in the earth…

— Patricia O'Brien

“amidst the horrors of war, it became apparent that there was no way he could possibly survive the carnage. And if by some stroke…

— Julia Quinn

“the intellect is of no use unless it's disciplined by the mortification of the flesh, so that it may serve the soul.”

— Mark Helprin

“I prefer a defeat that knows the beauty of flowers to a victory in the desert, full of blindness in the soul, alone with…

— Fernando Pessoa

“War diminished you. It chipped chunks from your soul, took the man and molded him into a darker shadow of his real self. But”

— David Leadbeater

“The war had left his body pathetically damaged and weak, but his mind was as strong and clear as it had ever been, perhaps…

— Dean Koontz

“The battle is a collision of power, of gods themselves: man is only a pawn in these terrible games, or their scene, or their…

— Karl Jaspers

“All war is philosophical. That's why we call it war. Strip it of its paint and it's nothing more than murder.”

— Roshani Chokshi

“The terrible agony that had been unleashed here seemed to remain coiled in the air, poised, ready to snatch at his sanity. In self-defense,…

— Steven Erikson

“Wars aren't fought in the trenches rather in the mind, body, and soul. For life is the battle field, society and emotions are the…

— Curtis Reeves

“There is no brutality and cruelty in battles and wars; in reality only the outcome matters.”

— M.F. Moonzajer