Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
Appear weak when you are strong and strong when you’re weak.
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win
To know your enemy, you must become your enemy
Rouse him, and learn the principles of his activity or inactivity.Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.
Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons and they will follow you into the deepest valley
Move swift as the wind and closely-formed as the wood. Attack like a fire and be still as the mountain
When the enemy is relaxed,make them toil, when full, starve them, when settle, make them move
Who wishes to fight must first count the cost
If you wait by the river long enough,the bodies of your enemies will float by.
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.
What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.
Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemies without ever fighting
Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy and is not moved by him
One need not destroy one’s enemy, one need only destroy his willingness to engage.
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across
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.
The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
Attack is the secret of defense, defense is the planning of an attack
If the mind is willing the flesh can go on and on without many things
Ponder and deliberate before you make a move
Great results can be achieved with small forces.
Wheels of justice grind slow but grind fine
If his forces are united, separate them
You can’t trust a man who has nothing to lose
Therefore just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there no constant conditions.
Never trust a friend who is silent about your flows.
To avoid losing, you must be able to defend.
Meandering leads to perfection 