Scraps of wisdom

These are a few of my favorite quotes, some of which have taken on new significance as of late:

“Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.” -- James Joyce

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” -- Sun Tzu

“There is a third dimension to traveling, the longing for what is beyond.” -- Jan Myrdal

“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” -- Sun Tzu

“The things of mortals, mortal are as they: All pass us by, quickly to fade away, If not, we pass by them and they decay.” -- Lucian

“Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.” -- Boy George

“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.” -- Sun Tzu

“Twilight: A time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too much dark, if twilight were not.” -- Howard Thurman

“Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.” -- Sun Tzu

“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”
-- Marcus Aurelius