I couldn’t think of one time I’d done the unexpected.I wanted to leave a mark on the world. I wanted to win. 

No, that’s not right. I simply didn’t want to lose/

Don’t even think about stopping until you get there, and don’t give much thought to where “there” is. 

Whatever comes, just don’t stop.It was my first real awareness that not everyone in this world will like us, or accept us, that we’re often cast aside at the very moment we most need to be included.

Reality is nonlinear, Zen says. No future, no past. 

All is now.I appreciated money as much as the next guy. 

But I wanted my life to be about so much more.The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.You must forget your limits. 

You must forget your doubts, your pain, your past.

The world is without beauty when you lose, and I was about to lose, big-time. 

Business is war without bullets, and I tended to agree.

Those skilled in warfare move the enemy, and are not moved by the enemy.

Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you

One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be in danger in a hundred battles.

One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be in danger in a hundred battles. One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes win, sometimes lose.

No principle in the world is always right, and no thing is always wrong.

If the enemy is close and remains quiet, he occupies a natural stronghold.