Sun Tzu ( 8 of 18 )
To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance read more
To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by read more
The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. read more
The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, they will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and their incomes dissipated.
Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the Attack.
Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the Attack.
Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.
Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.
So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.
So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which read more
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
