Book: Roots

A wise man is taught suffering.

When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand. And you yourself cannot take anything.

Kunta lay awake for a long time and thought that much - and practically everything that they learned - was connected together. The past is connected with the present, the present is with the future, the dead are with the living, and the living are with those who are about to be born.

... The difference between an ordinary wrestler and a winner lies not in strength, but in knowledge and experience.

Never completely surround your enemies ... Feeling trapped, the enemy will fight with a vengeance.