"For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and this line may no longer be that of least resistance. In studying the physical aspect, we must never lose sight of the psychological, and only when both are combined is the strategy truly an indirect approach, calculated to dislocate the opponent's balance."

-- B. H. Liddell Hart

#Military Quotes #Sight Quotes #Balance Quotes

“Name it... and if you can dream it... you can achieve it.”
“I used to feel like I was a flea on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Now I feel I might be a small yapping poodle on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.”
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.”

Source : Isaac Asimov (1975). “Science Past, Science Future”, Doubleday Books
“The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.”

Source : Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.112, Crossing Press
“Every factory-farmed animal is, as a practice, treated in ways that would be illegal if it were a dog or a cat.”
“Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions.”
“Good timing is invisible. Bad timing sticks out a mile.”
“It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected people within its confusion.”

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