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• To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence
  supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting....
• In difficult ground, press on; In encircled ground, devise stratagem
  In death ground, fight. -- Sun Tzu, The Art of War (circa 400 B.C.)...
• Hence to fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence
  supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting....
• All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity
  when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are far away...
• War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death
  he road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied. -- Sun Tzu...
• To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable.
  The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy. -- Sun Tzu, The Art of Wa...
• Opportunities multiply as they are seized. -- Sun Tzu
• And as we stand on the edge of darkness Let our chant fill the void That others may know In the land of the night The ship of the sun Is drawn by The grateful dead.
  -- Tibetan "Book of the Dead" ca. 4000 BC....