“Be where your enemy is not.”

If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner.

But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.

Who wishes to fight must first count the cost

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy if possible.

What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.

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.

Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.

Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

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.

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.

Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.

Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

There is a God watching over you that will rescue you from trouble. He will stop the plan of the enemy.

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.

Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.

You’ve got enemies? Good, that means you actually stood up for something.

We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.