He who cannot govern himself cannot govern others.

The greatest joy of a conqueror is to drive his enemies before him, to seize their horses and treasure, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

An action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure.

A single arrow breaks easily, but three arrows bundled together cannot be broken.

-- A Sengoku-era daimyo who transformed a single prov

凡兵之道莫過乎一。一者能独往独来。

-- A 4th-century BCE Chinese general and military the

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

-- Kahlil Gibran

If I refuse to be defeated by hardship, if only I stand firm, the world holds no terror for me.

-- Ichiyo Higuchi

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

-- Ernest Hemingway

Every person's life is a journey toward himself.

-- Hermann Hesse