friction and fog

"Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine exactly who has not seen war."

- Karl von Clausewitz [1780-1831]

"War is a mutating monster."
- Carl von Clauswitz

military strategist

"Never engage an enemy for too long or he will adapt to your tactics."
- Carl von Clausewitz [1780-1831]

business 101

"Business is war by other means."

- Carl von Clausewitz [1780-1831]

"Creativity is just connecting things."

- Steve Jobs [born 1955]

Earlier references on this blog to Carl von Clausewitz here, and to Steve Jobs here.

Prussian

“If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to the truth; and second, the courage to follow this light wherever it may lead.”
- Karl von Clausewitz [1780-1831] participated in the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo; his principal work, On War, is the West's premier work on the philosophy of war.

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