You wonder what I am doing? Well, so do I, in truth. Days seem to dawn, suns to shine, evenings to follow, and then I sleep. What I have done, what I….

A thick headcloth forms a good protection against the sun, and if you wear a hat your best Arab friends will be ashamed of you in public..

The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander..

Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For years we lived anyhow with one another in the naked desert, under the in….

It is difficult to keep quiet when everything is being done wrong, but the less you lose your temper the greater your advantage. Also then you will n….

Cling tight to your sense of humour. You will need it every day..

Your success will be proportioned to the amount of mental effort you devote to it..

He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed..

The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped..

Do not try and do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them,….

The beginning and ending of the secret of handling Arabs is unremitting study of them..

Half a calamity is better than a whole one..

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the te….

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dr….

This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought..

Misery, anger, indignation, discomfort-those conditions produce literature. Contentment-never. So there you are..

Yet when we achieved, and the new world dawned, the old men came out again and took our victory to remake it in the likeness of the former world they….

To make war upon rebellion is messy and slow, like eating soup with a knife..

The greatest commander is he whose intuitions most nearly happen..

As long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous and cruel..

I prefer lies to truth, especially when the lies are about me..