“The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.”

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him.

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

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

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

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

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

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.