discipline Quotes

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.

Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be practical and dark so that I can put it on afterwards to go to the laboratory.

I wear the same outfit or, at least, a different copy of it almost every day.

We have a rule that if you check in code, you have to maintain it. So I mostly code on the side. I don't check in code anymore.

I would rise, monk-like, at 6 A.M., speak to no one, make tea, and go immediately to my desk from which I didn't move until frills appeared around the edges of my eyes or I heard the sound of a wine bottle being uncorked. It would give the wrong impression to describe these as Writing Days.