Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
SUN TZUBe 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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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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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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Be where your enemy is not.
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Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
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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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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.
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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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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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You have to believe in yourself.
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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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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
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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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