In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
SUN TZUWhen your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
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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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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
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When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home.
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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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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There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.
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If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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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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Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.
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