As partisans of our own way of life, we cannot help thinking in a partisan manner.
As water shapes its flow in accordance with the ground, so an army manages its victory in accordance with the situation of the enemy.
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.
Mathematics may, like poetry or music, "promote and sustain a lofty habit of mind. "
If we are truly devoted to doing God's will, pain and pleasure won't make any difference to us.
Without wilderness, we will eventually lose the capacity to understand America.
To look at the climate crisis alone - and in my view this is an election where we're not just deciding what kind of a world we will be but whether we will have a world or not, going forward. And the climate crisis, for one thing, you know, Hillary [Clinton] has not repudiated fracking by any means, nor fossil fuels.