Fighting in

your own territory is

home ground. Fighting a short

distance into the adversary’s territory

is easy ground. Fighting when conditions give

an advantage to neither side is contested ground.

Fighting when both sides can move freely is open ground.

Fighting when a crossroads is at stake is intersecting ground.

Fighting deep into the adversary’s territory and holding cities there

is serious ground. Fighting among steeps, forests, marshes, and

bogs is difficult ground. Fighting in gorges with narrow

entrances and difficult exits where a small number of

warriors can crush a large army is surrounded

ground. Fighting when you will die

if you hesitate is desperate

ground.

from The Art of War, Chapter XI,
The Nine Fighting Situations

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If we

walk past the fires

of racism, sexism, and so on

because illusions of separation

exist within them, we may well

be walking past one of the 

widest gateways to

enlightenment.

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Venture

with love and

you win the battle.

Defend with love and you are

invulnerable. Heaven’s

secret is motherly

love.

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 67

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We are all

chained to fortune:

the chain of one is made of gold,

and wide, while that of another is short

and rusty. But what difference does it make?

The same prison surrounds all of us, and even those

who have bound others are bound themselves; unless perchance

you think that a chain on the left side is lighter. Honors bind one man,

wealth another; nobility oppresses some, humility others; some are

held in subjection by an external power, while others obey

the tyrant within; banishments keep some in one place,

the priesthood others. All life is slavery. Therefore

each one must accustom himself to his own

condition and complain about it as

little as possible, and lay hold

of whatever good is to be

found near him.

Seneca