wisdom Quotes

For 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.

If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.