“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.”

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

Battles are not won by strength alone!

To overcome the intelligent by folly is contrary to the natural order of things; to overcome the foolish by intelligence is in accord with the natural order. To overcome the intelligent by intelligence, however, is a matter of opportunity.

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

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

There is no greater weapon than a prepared mind.

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

Do the unexpected, attack the unprepared.

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

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

Strength is but one aspect of power.

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

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

For such is the nature of man, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

Everything was hard & she kept going-we grow in our valleys.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

I will remain soft in a world marked by hardness.

Was I too soft, or was the world too hard?

She is the old school hard love, your modern brittle love can’t afford to carry.

Let autumn be proof that change is a beautiful thing even tho it can be hard to see at first.

When it’s Genuine you don’t gotta try that hard.