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T. E. Lawrence

British Soldier

Born: Aug 16, 1888

Died: May 19, 1935

Man Men Own People Soul Will

Related authors: Bernard Law Montgomery Douglas Haig Harry Day Horatio Nelson James Wolfe Lord Mountbatten William Bligh

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 dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. T. E. Lawrence

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

Press Weapon Printing Printing Press Greatest Commander Greatest Weapon Modern

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

Words Thought Indeed Seemed Inexpressible Desert Creed

We lived many lives in those whirling campaigns, never sparing ourselves; yet when we achieved, and the new world dawned, the old men came out again and took our victory to re-make in the likeness of the former world they knew. T. E. Lawrence

World Old Victory Men Took Our Those Ourselves Out Never Dawned Knew New Likeness Came Campaigns New World Achieved Again Former Sparing Old Men Many Lived Lives

I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself. T. E. Lawrence

Truth Myself People Will Few Whatever Say Tell About Point Results Absurdly Am Been Few People Quite Artistic Ordinary Who

Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression. T. E. Lawrence

Family Man Men Free Holding Valley Clan Would Fact Had Hill Looked His Quickly Owner In Fact Acknowledged Against Land Aggression Who Barren Whoever Each Assert Desert Chose Right

When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself. T. E. Lawrence

God Myself Angry Lie Become Our Sun Shade Prevent Sorrows Globe Content Am Till Pray Forever Want Fiery Swing

The desert Arab found no joy like the joy of voluntarily holding back. He found luxury in abnegation, renunciation, self restraint. He made nakedness of the mind as sensuous as nakedness of the body. He saved his own soul, perhaps, and without danger, but in a hard selfishness. T. E. Lawrence

Soul Joy Luxury Mind Made Own Holding Saved Back Danger Arab Restraint Self He Voluntarily Like Perhaps Without Renunciation Self-Restraint His Selfishness Body Hard Desert Found

A first difficulty of the Arab movement was to say who the Arabs were. Being a manufactured people, their name had been changing in sense slowly year by year. Once it meant an Arabian. There was a country called Arabia; but this was nothing to the point. T. E. Lawrence

People First Country Year Sense Nothing Difficulty Changing Once Say Arab Arabia Arabian Arabs Slowly Point Had Name Were Been Movement Being Meant Who

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