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

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

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.

Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

Great results, can be achieved with small forces.

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

Experience, or what we call experience, is not the inventory of our pains, but rather the learned sympathy towards the pain of others.

I've loved many women...I'm not going to lie to you, but it never works...vanity always gets in the way.

There was a vacuum in investigation, and the press began to try men in the most effective court in the country.

Wealth, like a tree, grows from a tiny seed.

My world is falling apart.

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.

I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering.

I used to sleep on the floor in friends' rooms, returning Coke bottles for food, money, and getting weekly free meals at a local temple

I was very lucky that while I was a chess player in a country where chess was not a big deal, I happened to be in the one city where there was a sprouting chess team: Chennai.