The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Sun Tzu
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. Sun Tzu
There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern. Abraham Joshua Heschel
If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him. Ali
They who bow to the enemy abroad will not be of power to subdue the conspirator at home. Edmund Burke
Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us. Thomas Paine