If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Get to know yourself and you will automatically get to know the enemy, and will be undefeatable.
Actually he did have some advice that might be applicable here: There are some roads which must not be followed, armies that must not be attacked, towns that must not be besieged, commands of the sovereign that must not be obeyed.
19 Comments
elbucho@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 142d
Horseshit:
"Never interfere with an enemy when he is in the process of destroying himself."
red_tomato@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 142d
” Interfere with yourself when you’re in the process of destroying yourself”
RedSnt@feddit.dk · 7 pts · 141d
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 141d
One thing I love about lemmy is that everyone follows the programmer sense of logic.
imacatnotaman@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 142d
SARGE@startrek.website · 28 pts · 142d
RedSnt@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 141d
Picard did have some good moments. Most of them in the last season though.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 142d
Get to know yourself and you will automatically get to know the enemy, and will be undefeatable.
GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 141d
This is not what it means, you have to know yourself AND than on top you have to know the enemy.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 141d
but in case you are your enemy, knowing one means knowing the other, half the work.
GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 141d
Oh yes. But if you know yourself I think you can't be your enemy.
elbucho@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 141d
No, no. I'm very well familiar with myself, and that guy's a dick.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 141d
?
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 142d
A bunch of the book is telling the Prince not to do stupid shit.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 142d
Actually he did have some advice that might be applicable here: There are some roads which must not be followed, armies that must not be attacked, towns that must not be besieged, commands of the sovereign that must not be obeyed.
BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 142d
Achewood?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 142d
Sure looks like it.
BillyClark@piefed.social · 4 pts · 142d
Some days are Sun Tsu days. Some days are Confucius days.
palmtrees2309@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 142d
The common thing in your problems is you and the common things in my problems is me.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 142d
I think it can still apply
JayK117@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 141d
Nah, his brother had a whole chapter on why he kept hitting himself