Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu was an ancient Chinese military strategist and philosopher, best known for his influential work "The Art of War." Believed to have lived during the Eastern Zhou period, his teachings on strategy, tactics, and leadership have transcended time, influencing military, business, and personal decision-making. While details of his life remain largely speculative, his legacy endures through his enduring treatise on conflict and strategy.
Book summaries for books written by Sun Tzu
Quotes
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
All warfare is based on deception.
The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
To win without fighting is best.
The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.
Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.
Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.