Зигфрид Сассун о Лоуренсе: "He had a terrific power that could be frightening, but it was his gentleness which left a particular impact on my mind... It seemed to me that he had what I can only describe as "power over life", by which I mean that he could make things happen by his influence on other people. He was almost like a too high powered motor bicycle, almost ower-powered. He had some indescribable magnetism, which in later years he used very little. To call him a charlatan as some people have done is a wicked representation of the worst possible kind. Everything I know of his character belies it. He was absolutely true mettle all through"* (1962).
* A touch of genius: the life of T.E. Lawrence by Malcolm Brown, ‎Julia Cave - 1988, p.196.