“Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.”

The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand.

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

Move swift as the wind and closely-formed as the wood. Attack like the fire and be still as the mountain.

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

Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

All warfare is based on deception.