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

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

All warfare is based on deception.

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

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

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

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

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

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.