Quotes About Wisdom

One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.

Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain.

ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred with out a head

Smartass Disciple: Master, you should teach people not to do war to each other.Master of Stupidity: I should teach people how to win their minds of their wars.

* Pindar, a Thebian Greek wrote (circa 350 B.C.E.) War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach.

one may know how to gain victory, and know not how to use it

Bad ages to live through are good ages to learn from.

War is ever the folly of the ignorant. But I have seen much to convince me some wars must be fought, to the bitterest end if need be.

From defilement can come much wisdom

When you start a fire, be to windward of it. Do not attack from the leeward.

The study of scriptures is a weapon of war.

Fear no one nor kneel before themFor many seek to be your god and masterAnd you sacrificial lamb in their fevered plansAnd insane ambitionsKhoiSan Book of Wisdom

Make not the scars of yesterdayMake you bitter todayYesterday has passedAnd like water in a river once passed Can never be returnedThe KhoiSan Book of Wisdom

Sometimes, if your opponent is determined to win the battle, let him win the wrong battle.

No Quran, no Bible, no Gita, no Cow, is greater than the human self.

The Djojobojo Prophecy doesn't just tell you WHAT happened and WHERE it happened...it tells you WHY it happened!

To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.

When an invading force crosses a river in its onward march, do not advance to meet it in mid-stream. It will be best to let half the army get across, and then deliver your attack.

do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat

Didn't young people care what the generation before them had achieved? And if not, why had everyone gone through those grim difficult wartime years?

The two greatest warriors are Truth and Time. Be sure to march behind, and not against, them.

You must be a light unto yourself.

He wins his battles by making no mistakes.Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.