Sun Tzu Quotes

Thus, what enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

是故勝兵先勝而後求戰，敗兵先戰而後求勝。

He who advances without seeking fame,
Who retreats without escaping blame,
He whose one aim is to protect his people and serve his lord,
The man is a jewel of the Realm

It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.

Great results, can be achieved with small forces.

licited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any

If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.

Be where your enemy is not.

A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the art of studying moods.

There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.

O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible, and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.

He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.