If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. 21. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In peace prepare for war, in war prepare for peace. The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Military weapons are the means used by the Sage to punish violence and cruelty, to give peace to troublous times, to remove… — 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
In all history, there is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. Only one who knows the disastrous effects… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartial and self-controlled. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“20. Thus it may be known that the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom… — 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