Space I can recover. Time, never.

The purpose of art is to stop time.

Strategy is all very well, but it pays to give thought from time to time to the results.

The issue of a battle is the result of an instant, of a thought. There is the advance, with its various combinations, the battle is joined, the struggle goes on a certain time, the decisive moment presents itself, a spark of genius discloses it, and the smallest body of reserves accomplish victory.

Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.