General Jomini Quotes & Sayings

In every sound, the hidden silence sleeps. — Dejan Stojanovic

Male philosophers coin phrases
'virtue is its own reward'
and female workers embody them. — Mary Jo Weaver

I've always wanted to be psychoanalyzed in a den of iniquity. — Maya Banks

A cherished cause and a general who inspires confidence by previous success are powerful means of electrifying an army. — Antoine-Henri Jomini

It is certainly of great importance for a general to keep his plans secret; and Frederick the Great was right when he said that if his night-cap knew what was in his head he would throw it into the fire. That kind of secrecy was practicable in Frederick's time when his whole army was kept closely about him; but when maneuvers of the vastness of Napoleon's are executed, and war is waged as in our day, what concert of action can be expected from generals who are utterly ignorant of what is going on around them? — Antoine-Henri Jomini

As the excited passions of hostile people are of themselves a powerful enemy, both the general and his government should use their best efforts to allay them. — Antoine-Henri Jomini

But it is almost impossible to communicate with them [one's spies in the enemy camp] and receive the information they possess ... Even when the general receives from his spies information of movements, he still knows nothing of those which may since have taken place, nor of what the enemy is going finally to attempt. — Antoine-Henri Jomini

At the heart of all of mankind's achievements is imagination. — R.L. Matthies

I have never come across someone who could inspire more respect than the Greek philosophers. — Friedrich Nietzsche