When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
SUN TZUWhen the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
SUN TZUIn the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
SUN TZUUltimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
SUN TZUMove swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
SUN TZUWater 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.
SUN TZUTo 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.
SUN TZUIf you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.
SUN TZUIt is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.
SUN TZUSupreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
SUN TZUYou have to believe in yourself.
SUN TZUForeknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy.
SUN TZUTherefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
SUN TZUTo fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
SUN TZUPlan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.
SUN TZUInvincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
SUN TZUThere is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
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