"The Art of War" 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.