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

- T. E. Lawrence

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,…

- T. E. Lawrence

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

- T. E. Lawrence

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…

- T. E. Lawrence

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

- T. E. Lawrence

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

- T. E. Lawrence

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

- T. E. Lawrence

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…

- T. E. Lawrence

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…

- T. E. Lawrence