“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.”

When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.

Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.

Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.

Be where your enemy is not.

Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.

It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.

The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.

If his forces are united, separate them.

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.

Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.

In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack–the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.

Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.

I think you fall out of love with theater while you’re doing your eighth show of your eighteenth week and your body is saying, “Please make this end.”

My hands reached your body like braille, and your curves and edges tell a story of beauty and grace.

The man who feels like he’s a woman trapped in a man’s body, when he goes into the ladies room, it’s the other women whose privacy it seems to me as being violated by having this man walk in… regardless of how he feels.

I’m a gay man in a woman’s body.

Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay.

I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don’t let anyone throw you off.

We aren’t bodies at all; who we are is the love inside us, and it is that love alone that determines our value. When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness.

In L.A., I’m twice the size – height and everything else – of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.