When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders.
SUN TZUDisorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength.
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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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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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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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Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.
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Be 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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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
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If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.
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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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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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If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
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Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
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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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Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.
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Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.
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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
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Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
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Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
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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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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner.
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Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength.
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Who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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