Foreknowledge 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 TZUIt 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.
More Sun Tzu Quotes
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Every battle is won before it’s ever fought.
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Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength.
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Know yourself and you will win all battles
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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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Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.
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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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Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
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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 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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Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine.
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Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
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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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