Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe.

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.

It is more important to outhink your enemy, than to outfight him

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow.

Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain

A leader leads by example not by force.

My heart is filled with endless praise.

If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there".

An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.

I am bored in France because everyone resembles Voltaire.

Noah took much ridicule building his great arc, but after 40 days and 40 nights he was looking pretty smart.

people think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong.

He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.

The meticulous care for the rights of the least among us is the sin qua non of nonviolence.

The art of prophecy is very difficult, especially with respect to the future.

The whole speculation about morality is an effort to find a way of living which men who live it will instinctively feel is good.