“To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.”

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

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

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

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

All warfare is based on deception.

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

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.