To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Excellence can be as strong a uniting force as solid vision.
We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection.
Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.