To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

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.

What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?

There is no dictionary in the world that includes the words ’skinny’ or ‘fat’ under the definitions of ‘beautiful’ and ‘ugly’. So, focus on being healthy and stop the self-criticism.

The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

Psychiatry is the care of the id by the odd.

Don't cut your nose off yourself.

Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love affairs.

A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.

Life's all about 'me' anyway

If you want to possess things—money; if you want to possess yourself—meditation. And if you possess yourself, money loses all meaning.

The problem now is (that) the foods of poor quality are the ones coming in from home from teachers and staff, used for birthday parties and for things like booster sales.