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

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

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

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

He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack, the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.

All warfare is based on deception.

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

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