Oliver Howe

“Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.”
― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power

“We assume that others think the way we think, feel the way we feel, judge the way we judge, and abuse the way we abuse. This is the biggest assumption that humans make. And this is why we have a fear of being ourselves around others. Because we think everyone else will judge us, victimize us, abuse us, and blame us as we do ourselves. So even before others have a chance to reject us, we have already rejected ourselves. That is the way the human mind works.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War