“If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in ...” — Sun Tzu Quote

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and you know Earth, you may make your victory complete.

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.

You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.

I believe when you meet the right person it clicks, and you both know and you start making it work, you know?

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.

Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and I prefer neither.