The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.
In all history, there is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. Only one who knows the disastrous effects of a long war can realize the supreme importance of rapidity in bringing it to a close.
When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules, neighboring rulers will take advantage of this.
In warfare, there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent will succeed and win.
To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night.
Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm
One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.
The true objective of war is peace.
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy
Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war
A warrior who is prepared to fight must also be prepared to die.
The height of strategy, is to attack your opponent's strategy.
Opportunities increase as they are taken.
He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily.
Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may grow arrogant.
However desperate the situation and circumstances, don't despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none of them. When without resources, depend on resourcefulness. When surprised, take the enemy by surprise.
Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
All war is based on deception.
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