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

Sun Tzu, The Art of War

You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour.

Miyamoto Musashi , A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

- Japanese Death Poem

Somtimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.

- Laurence J. Peter