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

“To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”

“Life is a thing to be lived, not spent; to be faced, not ordered. Life is not a game of chess, the victory to the most knowing; it is a game of cards, one's hand by skill to be made the best of.”

“Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster”

“...to be skillful in domestic duties was surely one of the most charming of woman's qualities.”

“Everest is a harsh and hostile immensity. Whoever challenges it declares war. He must mount his assault with the skill and ruthlessness of a military operation. And when the battle ends, the mountain remains unvanquished. There are no true victors, only survivors.”