You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.