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

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.

God will make a way for you out of all difficulties in order to preserve you

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy.

The dream has to be translated into reality.

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

I'm the biggest geek of all. Adventure, fantasy, comic books - I can't get enough.

A designer God cannot be used to explain organized complexity because any God capable of designing anything would have to be complex enough to demand the same kind of explanation in his own right.

I constantly remind myself that there are terrible movies out there. I try to watch them, some of them, to give myself an understanding of what not to do.

I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.