"To overcome the intelligent by folly is contrary to the natural order of things; to overcome the foolish by intelligence is in accord with the natural order. To overcome the intelligent by intelligence, however, is a matter of opportunity."

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Source : Liang Zhuge, Ji Liu (2005). “Mastering the Art of War”, p.69, Shambhala Publications

Zhuge Liang

#Intelligent Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Order Quotes

“Somehow people always had popcorn.”
“Well, in the first place, it leads to great anxiety as to whether it's going to be correct or not ... I expect that's the dominating feeling. It gets to be rather a fever... At age 60, when asked about his feelings on discovering the Dirac equation.”
“The luxury of being half-asleep, exploring the fringes of psychosis in safety.”
“We just never know. We think we do. We think we have life figured out, and in our arrogance we become hard. But life has a way of humbling us, of softening us.”

Source : Philip Gulley (2009). “Home to Harmony”, p.35, Zondervan
“Uncertainty is the fertile ground of pure creativity and freedom.”
“If you study a great work of art, you'll probably find the artist was a kind of genius. And geniuses are different to you and me.”

Source : Charles Saatchi (2012). “My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic. New Extended Edition: Questions from Journalists and Readers”, p.59
“I didn't have a girlfriend until I was 29, and I thought it was because I'm in a wheelchair. And I realized that it's not that, it's because I listened to what the dismissive part of society was telling me and accepted it as truth. There was nothing that was keeping me from dating or falling in love other than the fact that I was scared of being rejected. And everybody has that fear. That's a universal thing.”
“I'm a writer. I write not only for a living, I write because I'm a writer.”

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