“In 1919 I was the sole person who saw war in the form it would be; yet saw it only as an acorn and not as an oak.”
Quoted in Men Against Fire. S.L.A. Marshall (1947), p. 27.
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J. F. C. Fuller 4
British Army general 1878–1966Related quotes
“You must remember that an oak tree is not a crime against the acorn.”
Source: War in Heaven (1998), p. 634
“The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary.”
Source: The Courage to Create (1975), Ch. 1 : The Courage to Create, p. 21
Context: The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.
El que aquí cuenta lo que vio y le ocurrió no es aquel que lo vio y al que le ocurrió.
Source: Todas las Almas [All Souls] (1989), p. 3
“Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?”
Tears in Heaven (from the album Unplugged - 1992)
Questioning the Millennium (second edition, Harmony, 1999), p. 42
Preface
The Power-House (1916)
Context: I once played the chief part in a rather exciting business without ever once budging from London. And the joke of it was that the man who went out to look for adventure only saw a bit of the game, and I who sat in my chambers saw it all and pulled the strings. 'They also serve who only stand and wait,' you know.