If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are.
Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may grow arrogant.
Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe.
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.
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.
Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you.
He who knows his enemy and himself well will not be defeated easily.
The successful person has unusual skill at dealing with conflict and ensuring the best outcome for all.
Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.
All war is based on deception.
Do not engage an enemy more powerful than you. And if it is unavoidable and you do have to engage, then make sure you engage it on your terms, not on your enemy's terms.
Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger; nonobservance of discipline; failure to use picked men.
Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.
Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment - that which they cannot anticipate.
If your enemy is superior, evade him
Don't flail against the world, use it. Flexibility is the operative principle in the art of war.
Unless you enter the tiger's lair, you cannot get hold of the tiger's cub's.
Factors in the art of warfare are: First, calculations; second, quantities; third, logistics; fourth, the balance of power; and fifth, the possibility of victory is based on the balance of power.
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.
You cannot know if you will be successful or not. You can only prepare for battle and it must be done with all of your heart and with all of your consciousness. In that manner, you will have an edge.
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