Taoist Thoughts

“If you consider someone your enemy, you must also see yourself as an enemy.”

“In war, the cost of victory is killing your enemy.”

“Rage is you being your own enemy.”

“Never think your enemy is evil or you may become your own enemy.”

“Having an enemy requires two parties unable to compromise and both are complicit to their situation.”

“If you have to kill your enemy, you too, have been defeated.”

“If you are known for burning the enemy's crops, you will not be known for growing your own.”

“To an enemy, a soldier is an invading, evil murderer. To his home, the soldier is a hero defending a better way.”

“When two enemies of equal strength face each other, the one who doesn't recognize their own weakness' will fall.”

“Do not celebrate the death of the enemy, but rather reflect on why you had an enemy in the first place.”

“Only those who are content with being contented will remain so. Ambition and greed are the enemies of peace.”

“Most enemies will not be your enemy once you understand them.”

“If you declare an enemy to be evil, then you have done nothing more than become an enemy yourself.”