Creatures Quote by Laozi

Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.

— Laozi

Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it.

— Laozi

Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they…

— Laozi

A weapon is a tool," she repeated, a little breathlessly. "A tool for killing and destroying. And there will be times when, as an…

— Richard K. Morgan

Our weapons are the ironic mind against the literal: the open mind against the credulous; the courageous pursuit of truth against the fearful and…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Weapons are inauspicious instruments, not the tools of the enlightened. When there is no choice but to use them, it is best to be…

— Sun Tzu

Beware of more powerful weapons. They often inflict as much damage to your soul as they do to you enemies.

— Greg Cox

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“Military weapons are the means used by the Sage to punish violence and cruelty, to give peace to troublous times, to remove difficulties and…

— Sun Tzu

Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool, hateful to living things. So the follower of the Way stays away from it. Weapons are…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and…

— Joyce Meyer

The range of weapons at the disposal of military powers is terrifying in its capacity to damage the world and its inhabitants, perhaps even…

— Margaret MacMillan