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.
You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
A battle avoided cannot be lost.
If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.
Attack the enemy's strategy.
Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow...they have form but are formless. They are skilled in both planning and adapting and need not fear the result of a thousand battles: for they win in advance, defeating those that have already lost.
The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands
He who relies solely on warlike measures shall be exterminated; he who relies solely on peaceful measures shall perish.
If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.
Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength.
Set the troops to their tasks without imparting your designs.
If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is tempermental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuvering for advantageous positions.
One who speaks deferentially but increases his preparations will advance. One who speaks belligerently and advances hastily will retreat.
Weigh the situation, then move.
So the principles of warfare are: Do not depend on the enemy not coming, but depend on our readiness against him. Do not depend on the enemy not attacking, but depend on our position that cannot be attacked.
When I have won a victory I do not repeat my tactics but respond to circumstances in an infinite variety of ways.
The nature of war is constant change.
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: recklessness, which leads to destruction; cowardice, which leads to capture; a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; a delicacy of honour, which is sensitive to shame; over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.
If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small. The difficult things in this world must be done while they are easy, the greatest things in the world must be done while they are still small. For this reason sages never do what is great, and this is why they achieve greatness.
Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.
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