There is no greater weapon than a prepared mind.

Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.

First organize the inner, then organize the outer ... First organize the great, then organize the small. First organize yourself, and then organize others.

The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.

An enlightened ruler doesnot worry about people not knowing him; he worriesabout not knowing people.

Do the unexpected, attack the unprepared.

Detach from emotions and desires; get rid of any fixations.

Nothing is harder to see into thanpeoples nature. The sage looks at subtle phenomena and listens tosmall voices. This harmonizes the outside with the inside and the inside with the outside.

Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings.

The loss of any army is always caused by underestimating the enemy. Therefore gather information and watch the enemy carefully.

What loss is there in dignity, what worry is there of failure?

When anyone can still the minds of five, ten or hundred people, then work can be accomplished. Who can still the mind? It is the one whose own mind is still, he can still the minds of others.

While you are busy pleasing the crowd, who is attending to the positive demands of your inner-self?

I believe that being able to communicate directly with readers is a boon. I certainly enjoy it as much as they do.

Librarians were like guardian angels, with graying hair and beady eyes, magnified through reading glasses, and always read to recommend new literary windows to gaze through.

Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no human can hasten or retard.

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

Now literary success can only be won in solitude by persevering labor.

No detail of your life is too insignificant for your heavenly Father's attention.

I can never get used to the fact, though I know it, that women are born cynics. Men have to learn cynicism. Infant girls could teach it to them.

The middle of the road is a poor place to walk. It is a poor place to drive. It is a poor place to live.