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

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— Sun Tzu

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"When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.""
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

"Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust."
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

"There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. "
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

"What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents."
— John F. Kennedy

"Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write."
— Rainer Maria Rilke

"The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. "
— Pearl S. Buck