The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
SUN TZUIn battle, there are not more than two methods of attack–the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
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If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
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Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
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To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull. Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain.
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Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.
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Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
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The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points.
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Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.
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