Historical Sun Tzu

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    “Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
    —Sun Tzu (6–5th century B.C.)

    “Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody’s mom in that she knows what’s best for us. But if you look at the historical record—Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages—you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?”
    —Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)

    “It is the sun that shares our works.
    The moon shares nothing. It is a sea.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.”
    —Sun Tzu (6th–5th century B.C.)