The most enduring battle is between head and heart; what would be efficient and logical is nearly always trumped by what is messy and illogical.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical solution to something and at the same time hope in your heart of hearts it won't work out.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition.
The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.
In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
People need to look beyond just the immediate victory... There are no permanent victories.
So long as the opposing forces are at the outset approximately equal in numbers and moral and there are no flanks to turn, a long struggle for supremacy is inevitable.
Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.