No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.

If you accept such love with purity and humility, you will understand that Love is neither giving nor receiving -it is participating.

We learn in the past, but we are not the result of that. We suffered in the past, loved in the past, cried and laughed in the past, but that's of no use to the present. The present has its challenges, its good and bad side. We can neither blame nor be grateful to the past for what is happening now. Each new experience of love has nothing whatsoever to do with past experiences. It's always new.

Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees

He remembers the five rules of combat set down by Chuan Tzu - faith, companions, time, space and strategy.

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.

Say "NO" without guilt. Say "YES" without fear.