Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Generally in war the best policy is to take a state intact; to ruin it is inferior to this. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“One mark of a great soldier is that he fights on his own terms or fights not at all.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose. — 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
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
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
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
Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight. If they will face death,… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuver. What is difficult about maneuver is to make the devious route the most… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Should the enemy forestall you in occupying a pass, do not go after him if the pass is fully garrisoned, but only… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
You can ensure the success of your attacks if you only attack places that are undefended. You can ensure the safety of… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
From a position of this sort, if the enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him. But if the enemy… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When a general, unable to estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls a weak… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In a position of this sort, even though the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be advisable not to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The General who in advancing does not seek personal fame, and in withdrawing is not concerned with avoiding punishment, but whose only… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“The Giles' edition of the ART OF WAR, as stated above, was a scholarly work.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant. — 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
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