The threat is generally more terrifying than the thing itself.

The second rule is: Never go outside the experience of your people. When an action is outside the experience of the people, the result is confusion, fear, and retreat.

Never do for someone what they can do for themselves.

One’s concern with the ethics of means and ends varies inversely with one’s personal interest in the issue.

Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you are free to live.

Love and faith are not common companions. More commonly power and fear consort with faith....Power is not to be crossed; one must respect and obey. Power means strength, whereas love is a human frailty the people mistrust. It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith.

Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.