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
Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle .... They conquer by strategy. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
There are only five notes in the musical scale, but their variations are so many that they cannot all be heard. There… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle — 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
Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When you do battle, even if you are winning, if you continue for a long time it will dull your forces and… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always… — 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
Without harmony in the State, no military expedition can be undertaken; without harmony in the army, no battle array can be formed. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Therefore the victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their victories in battle are not flukes. Their… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Therefore I say: know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all. — 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 Image
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 Image
Go into emptiness, strike voids, bypass what he defends hit him where he does not expect you. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“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 Image
Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
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 Image
“So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
