There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after. The Hobbit
Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate. The Art Of War
But of all motives, none is better adapted to secure influence and hold it fast than love; nothing is more foreign to that end than fear. On Duties
“We are full of fears and anxieties over our position, which makes us doubly cruel and dangerous.” Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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