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To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
For the most part.
“People are not all wounded in the same spot. It behooves you to know what part of you is vulnerable so you can protect it most of all.”
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
“To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“The mind is strong against things it has prepared for.”
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
“The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“But, in the fight of his later career, what is most interesting is that when he realized that, because of the handicap of his religion, his brilliance and idealism would not take him to the top in the world of Yale, he made, within Yale, a world of his own, and a world, moreover, in which, in collegiate terms, he had power and influence.”
― The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
― The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Joel’s 2025 Year in Books
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