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

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.

There is no greater weapon than a prepared mind.

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.

Laugh, and the world longs to be your friend.

It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.

A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope without friends without books even without music as long as he can listen to his own thoughts.

I want people to listen to my lyrics and be okay with themselves. The people who have it the roughest are homosexuals who come out of the closet.

Sometimes I'm not so sure just who I am either.

I usually don't get too bogged down with my personal problems because that's a one-way street if you get yourself into a negative frame of mind and only see the dark side of life.

You'll be sorry if you marry a man you don't love.

Small faults and virtues are for daily life. The big ones are for emergencies.

Where are my guards, Teleus?" He was still speaking softly. Three men dead and he wasn't even breathing hard, Costis noted.

I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing.