It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
SUN TZUKnow yourself and you will win all battles
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.
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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
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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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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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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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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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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
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He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
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Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
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If his forces are united, separate them.
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When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.
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In 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.
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