Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain. [Fr. , Centre fortune, la diverse un chartier rompit nazardes son fouet. ]
Until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared
Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
A leader leads by example not by force.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
When one treats people with benevolence, justice and righteousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.
As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.
One of the things that has been very difficult in Libya is the sense of uncertainty - the sense that they haven't actually finished the revolution, that there was still a great deal of uncertainty. That uncertainty has made Libya harder for business in terms of oil and other things as well.
When I look at my life and the lives of my female friends these days - with our dizzying number of opportunities and talents - I sometimes feel as though we are all mice in a giant experimental maze, scurrying around frantically, trying to find our way through.
My fear is not that our great movement, known as the Methodists, will eventually cease to exist or one day die from the earth. My fear is that our people will become content to live without the fire, the power, the excitement, the supernatural element that makes us great.