One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements. One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes be victorious, sometimes meet with defeat. One who knows neither the enemy nor himself will invariably be defeated in every engagement. Sun Tzu (545 – 470 B.C.E.)
Sun Tzu Quote – “If you know Heaven and you know Earth, your victory can be complete…”
Thus it is said if you know them and know yourself, your victory will not be imperiled. If you know Heaven and you know Earth, your victory can be complete. Sun Tzu (545 – 470 B.C.E.)
Sun Tzu Quote – “One who excels at moving the enemy…”
One who excels at moving the enemy deploys in a configuration to which the enemy must respond. He offers something that the enemy must seize. With profit he moves them, with the foundation he awaits them. Sun Tzu (545 – 470 B.C.E.)
David Steindl-Rast Quote – “The mystics of all traditions speak one and the same language…”
The mystics of all traditions speak one and the same language: the language of religious experience. David Steindl-Rast (1926)
Socrates Quote – “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
Beware the barrenness of a busy life. Socrates (470 – 399 B.C.E.)
Socrates Quote – “The soul, when using the body as an instrument of perception…”
The soul, when using the body as an instrument of perception — that is to say, when using the sense of sight and hearing, or some other sense — for the meaning of perceiving through the body is perceiving through the senses — is dragged by the body through the region of the changeable (the temporal), and wanders about and […]
Socrates Quote – “Education is the kindling of a flame…”
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. Unfortunately, report cards ordinarily reveal how much a vessel has been filled rather than the extent to which a flame has been kindled. Socrates (470 – 399 B.C.E.)
Socrates Quote – “Do not do to others that which would anger you…”
Do not do to others that which would anger you if others did it to you. Socrates (470 – 399 B.C.E.)
Quotation by Jesus Christ – “When you know yourselves, then you will be known…”
When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you dwell in poverty, and you are poverty. Jesus Christ (circa 4 B.C.E. – 30 A.D.)
Quotation by Jesus Christ – “Recognize what is in your sight…”
Recognize what is in your sight, and what is hidden will become clear to you. Jesus Christ (circa 4 B.C.E. – 30 A.D.)