To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
SUN TZUSuccess in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
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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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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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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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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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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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Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat.
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If his forces are united, separate them.
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Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
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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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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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If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is “death.
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The wise warrior avoids the battle.
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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