First step Quote by Thomas Mann

“Order and simplification are the first steps towards mastery of a subject”

— Thomas Mann

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

— Thomas Mann

“Progress is in simplification, which often follows complexity.”

— Pearl Zhu

“Engage the enemy more closely.”

— Charles Faddis

“No plan survives first contact with the enemy. What matters is how quickly the leader is able to adapt.”

— Tim Harford

“To beat your enemy, you must understand what your enemy wants.”

— Sean Chercover

You ask what is the use of classification, arrangement, and systemization? I answer you: order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery…

— Thomas E. Mann

“If we are going to succeed, it can not be by employing the same techniques we deplore. We must be better than our enemies…

— Scott Lobdell

“The promise of destroying an enemy so utterly is hard to resist.”

— Ginn Hale

“By discovering the enemy’s dispositions and remaining invisible ourselves, we can keep our forces concentrated, while the enemy’s must be divided.”

— Sun Tzu

“My enemies study my every step with more focus than my friends ever will.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.”

— Samuel Johnson