Quotes

“There is much to be considered before the sword is drawn.  Men of peace should project for themselves the final scene of the play before they step onto the stage of battle.”

Baltasar Gracian

“’where the stronger fighter is more experienced, strength overcomes speed,’ he explained.  This we already knew.  He continued, ‘Where the faster and lighter fighter is more experienced, speed defeats strength.’  We knew this, too.  ‘However, superior skill defeats both strength and speed.  And superior strategy will almost always defeat superior skill.’  I wrote this down. 

James Loriega quoting  Don Santiago Rivera in his fantastic book  Sevillian Steel. 

“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.”

Robert e Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian.

“I could hit him with my fist or I could hit him with the earth.  The earth is much bigger and it hurts more to be hit with it”

Mark MacYoung quoting his pendakar in his book a professionals guide to ending violence quickly.. 

“Don’t pull it unless you’re willing to use it.  Don’t use it unless you are willing to kill with it.”

General knife wisdom and one of the best reasons to look at alternatives to using a blade as a self defence tool. 

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Baltasar Gracian

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Baltasar Gracian

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Friedrich Nietzche

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Plato

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.