--- title: "10 Disorder Quotes By Sun Tzu" description: "10 Disorder quotes by Sun Tzu. Plus more from Sun Tzu and more Disorder sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/sun-tzu-283_disorder_the-line-between-disorder-and-order-lies_2526539.jpg" --- > [The line between disorder and order lies in logistics...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-line-between-disorder-and-order-lies-in-logistics/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/sun-tzu-283_disorder_the-line-between-disorder-and-order-lies_2526539.jpg) > [Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/hold-out-baits-to-entice-the-enemy-feign-disorder-and-crush-him/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65c/sun-tzu-283_art_hold-out-baits-to-entice-the-enemy-feign_1938362.jpg) > [Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/amid-the-turmoil-and-tumult-of-battle-there-may-be-seeming-disorder/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/sun-tzu-283_battle_amid-the-turmoil-and-tumult-of-battle-th_2881763.jpg) > [In the tumult and uproar, the battle seems chaotic, but there is no disorder, the troops appear to be milling about in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/in-the-tumult-and-uproar-the-battle-seems-chaotic-but-there-is-no/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0a/sun-tzu-283_battle_in-the-tumult-and-uproar-the-battle-seem_704212.jpg) > [Order or disorder depends on organisation and direction; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on tactical dispositions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/order-or-disorder-depends-on-organisation-and-direction-courage-or/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/sun-tzu-283_circumstances_order-or-disorder-depends-on-organisatio_1448921.jpg) > [Order or disorder depends on organisation; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on dispositions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/order-or-disorder-depends-on-organisation-courage-or-cowardice-on/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/498/sun-tzu-283_circumstances_order-or-disorder-depends-on-organisatio_1619221.jpg) > [All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/all-warfare-is-based-on-deception-therefore-when-capable-feign/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/sun-tzu-283_active_all-warfare-is-based-on-deception-theref_2455755.jpg) > [A clever general... avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/a-clever-general-avoids-an-army-when-its-spirit-is-keen-but-attacks/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa4/sun-tzu-283_appearance_a-clever-general-avoids-an-army-when-its_803055.jpg) > [Hiding order beneath the cloak of disorder is simply a question of subdivision; concealing courage under a show of timidity presupposes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/hiding-order-beneath-the-cloak-of-disorder-is-simply-a-question-of/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/sun-tzu-283_cloaks_hiding-order-beneath-the-cloak-of-disord_1339947.jpg) > [If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-however-you-are-indulgent-but-unable-to-make-your-authority-felt/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f90/sun-tzu-283_art_if-however-you-are-indulgent-but-unable_1163409.jpg) ## Other authors on Disorder ## More by Sun Tzu > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-the-rule-in-war-if-our-forces-are-ten-to-the-enemy-s-one-to/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [It is according to the shapes that I lay the plans for victory, but the multitude does not comprehend this. Although everyone can see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/it-is-according-to-the-shapes-that-i-lay-the-plans-for-victory-but/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [Go into emptiness, strike voids, bypass what he defends hit him where he does not expect you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/go-into-emptiness-strike-voids-bypass-what-he-defends-hit-him-where/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/in-a-similar-way-the-art-of-war-pinpoints-anger-and-greed-as/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-people-being-regarded-as-the-essential-part-of-the-state-and-food/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/therefore-the-good-fighter-will-be-terrible-in-his-onset-and-prompt/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-enemy-s-spies-who-have-come-to-spy-on-us-must-be-sought-out/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [“So long as victory can be attained,  stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/so-long-as-victory-can-be-attained-stupid-haste-is-preferable-to/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [“You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/you-can-ensure-the-safety-of-your-defense-if-you-only-hold-positions/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [“Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/hence-when-able-to-attack-we-must-seem-unable-when-using-our-forces/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/if-we-do-not-wish-to-fight-we-can-prevent-the-enemy-from-engaging-us/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-general-who-wins-a-battle-makes-many-calculations-in-his-temple/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/in-all-fighting-the-direct-method-may-be-used-for-joining-battle-but/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [“To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/to-begin-by-bluster-but-afterwards-to-take-fright-at-the-enemy-s/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) > [ They \[spies\] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/they-spies-cannot-be-properly-managed-without-benevolence-and/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disorder/sun-tzu/#itemlist", "name": "10 Disorder Quotes By Sun Tzu", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The line between disorder and order lies in logistics...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sun Tzu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/the-line-between-disorder-and-order-lies-in-logistics/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/sun-tzu-283_disorder_the-line-between-disorder-and-order-lies_2526539.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/sun-tzu-283_disorder_the-line-between-disorder-and-order-lies_2526539.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/sun-tzu-283_disorder_the-line-between-disorder-and-order-lies_2526539.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The line between disorder and order lies in logistics...” — Sun Tzu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hold out baits to entice the enemy. 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