If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
SUN TZURouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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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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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
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The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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Conform to the enemy’s tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.
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It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.
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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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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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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
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Never venture, never win!
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Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
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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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You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.
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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.
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Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.
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Great results, can be achieved with small forces.
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When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
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Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength.
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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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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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To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
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Be where your enemy is not.
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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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The wise warrior avoids the battle.
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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.
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