Don't flail against the world, use it. Flexibility is the operative principle in the art of war. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When the soldiers stand leaning on their spears, they are faint from want of food. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Ponder and deliberate before you make your move. He will conquer who has learned the artifice of deviation. Such is the art… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
He must be able to mystify his officers and men by false reports and appearances, and thus keep them in total ignorance. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy... use the conquered foe to augment one's own strength. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your army… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporising ground; (4) narrow passes; (5)… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: He will win who knows when to fight and when not… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixed duties… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming,… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The general must be the first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Unless you know the mountains and the forests, the defiles and impasses, the lay of the marshes and swamps, you cannot maneuver… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; (2) They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straight forwardness; (3)… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Military tactics are like unto water; for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards... Water shapes… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness; Without subtle ingenuity… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls is the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“III. ATTACK BY STRATAGEM 1. Sun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“When Lionel Giles began his translation of Sun Tzu's ART OF WAR, the work was virtually unknown in Europe. Its introduction to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
It is according to the shapes that I lay the plans for victory, but the multitude does not comprehend this. Although everyone can see… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
Go into emptiness, strike voids, bypass what he defends hit him where he does not expect you. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“The PEOPLE being regarded as the essential part of the State, and FOOD as the people's heaven, is it not right that those in… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
