What enables the wise sovereign and the good gener...

What enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

You have to believe in yourself.

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”

“Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”

What enables the wise ...