To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
Therefore an army that cannot yield will be defeated. A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind.
The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through many a bad night.
Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
We need more psychology, we need more understanding of human nature, because the only real danger that exists is man himself.
He who would truly fight for justice, if he would survive even for a short time, must lead a private rather than a public life.
In times of crisis, preserve your wealth; in times of peril, preserve your wife; but at all times, preserve your own virtue and life.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one most adaptable to change.
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