If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.

Trivialities are just that. And most importantly, they should be treated as such.

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.

Judgments based off trivialities often say more about the speaker than the subject spoken of.

You don't need to climb a mountain to know that it's high.