If you work by reason, you grow rough-edged. If you follow your feelings, you get swept away. If you insist on having your way, you feel boxed in. In any case, the human world is hard to live in.

Follow heaven and forsake the self.

You cannot receive benefit from others without exposing your weaknesses. You cannot give benefit to others without exposing your weaknesses.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.

-- The American general who commanded in the Pacific War and oversaw Japan's postwar occupation

Nobody roots for Goliath.

-- Born in Philadelphia