Make foes of bowmen if you must,Never of penmen.
Thiruvalluvar, Kural.
“I never saw Death before, and now I seeThat it is warring eyes in a woman's form.”
“Those who have wisdom have all:Fools with all have nothing.”
“It is politics to please and hoodwink thoseWho flatter but despise us.”
“Those are fools however learnedWho have not learned to walk with the world.”
“When the rare chance comes, seize itTo do the rare deed.”
“It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,Which moves the world.”
“When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders'.”
“Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.”
“Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.”
“I see your point. It irks you to see anyone at all who is able to work permitted to live without working. But why do you consider work a virtue?”
“Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered.”
“great writers are indecent peoplethey live unfairlysaving the best part for paper.good human beings save the worldso that bastards like me can keep creating art,become immortal.if you read this aft...”
“Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.”
“Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on ...”
