Power & Society Sayings

If a man is unhappy, this must be due to his own fault, that he does not understand that it is in his power to be happy.

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

I am looking for a man.

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

You know how to win a victory, Hannibal, but not how to use one.

I demand the hand of Honoria and half the Western Empire as her dowry.

The Way is made by walking.

The root of the empire is in the state; the root of the state is in the family; the root of the family is in the person of its head.

If the qi is not strong, the body cannot be healthy. If the mind is not steadfast, wisdom cannot be complete.

To rule by fettering the mind through fear of punishment in another world is just as base as to use force.

The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.