" Muscles relaxed and a smile on our lips. Those who understand the nature of conflict don't need to fight constantly. Sun Tzu perfectly sums up the fundamentals of the art of war by saying that those who win by fighting are not trully skilled. Truly skilled are those who win without fighing. This is the origin of the strategy of the martial arts. Zhuge Lian, another famous philosopher of warfare, writes, 'The wise man wins before fighting, whereas the ignorant needs to fight in order to win,' and Ueshiba adds, 'Solving problems before they form is the way of the warrior."
Excerpts from: On The Warrior Path
