it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.

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.

The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death.

Since the dawn of humanity, stories have allowed each of us to be many.

I would still be singing, because it's part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up. Find something you would do for free.

Chess reflects the real world in miniature. Endeavor, struggle, success, and defeat - they are part of each game ever played.

When it comes to bullshit...bigtime, major league bullshit...you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims...religion.

But, as soon as speculators become an important influence in the market, their business is to speculate on each others behaviour.

We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration.

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like.

People said I should accept the world. Bullshit! I don't accept the world.

For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization.