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Thomas Merton
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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Thomas Merton
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
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Thomas Merton
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
topics: business , strategy , war  
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Thomas Merton
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.
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Thomas Merton
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity
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Thomas Merton
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win
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Thomas Merton
If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected .
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Thomas Merton
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
topics: business , strategy , war  
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Thomas Merton
who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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Thomas Merton
To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
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Thomas Merton
The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
topics: business , strategy , war  
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Thomas Merton
Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
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Thomas Merton
If your opponent is of choleric temper,  seek to irritate him.  Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
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Thomas Merton
Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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Thomas Merton
There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.
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Thomas Merton
Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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Thomas Merton
Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
topics: business , strategy , war  
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Thomas Merton
Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than they love the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their personal intentions may be ever so honest, earnest and sacrificial. God hates this wishful dreaming because it makes the dreamer proud and pretentious. Those who dream of this idolized community demand that it be fulfilled by God, by others and by themselves. They enter the community of Christians with their demands set up by their own law, and judge one another and God accordingly. It is not we who build. Christ builds the church. Whoever is mindful to build the church is surely well on the way to destroying it, for he will build a temple to idols without wishing or knowing it. We must confess he builds. We must proclaim, he builds. We must pray to him, and he will build. We do not know his plan. We cannot see whether he is building or pulling down. It may be that the times which by human standards are the times of collapse are for him the great times of construction. It may be that the times which from a human point are great times for the church are times when it's pulled down. It is a great comfort which Jesus gives to his church. You confess, preach, bear witness to me, and I alone will build where it pleases me. Do not meddle in what is not your providence. Do what is given to you, and do it well, and you will have done enough.... Live together in the forgiveness of your sins. Forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts.
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Martin Luther
In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.
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