In your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise:… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In warfare, there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent will succeed and win. — 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
If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of… — 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
It is through the dispositions of an army that its condition may be discovered. Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Hostile armies may face each other for years, striving for the victory which is decided in a single day. This being so,… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
So it is that good warriors take their stance on ground where they cannot lose, and do not overlook conditions that make… — 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
Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions. — 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
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