“Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

All warfare is based on deception.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

The art of war is of vital importance to the State.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.