SUN TZU QUOTES
Added on: 12th Aug 2016
SUN TZU IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE MOST
FAMOUS CHINESE MILITARY STRATEGIST AND
GENERAL IN HISTORY, MAINLY KNOWN FOR
THE ART OF WAR, A TREATISE ON MILITARY
STRATEGY.
THERE IS NO INSTANCE OF A COUNTRY HAVING
BENEFITED FROM PROLONGED WARFARE
ALL WARFARE IS BASED ON DECEPTION. HENCE,
WHEN ABLE TO ATTACK, WE MUST SEEM UNABLE;
WHEN USING OUR FORCES, WE MUST SEEM
INACTIVE; WHEN WE ARE NEAR, WE MUST MAKE
THE ENEMY BELIEVE WE ARE FAR AWAY; WHEN
FAR AWAY, WE MUST MAKE HIM BELIEVE WE ARE NEAR
EVEN THE FINEST SWORD PLUNGED INTO SALT
WATER WILL EVENTUALLY RUST
IF YOU KNOW THE ENEMY AND KNOW YOURSELF,
YOU NEED NOT FEAR THE RESULT OF A HUNDRED
BATTLES. IF YOU KNOW YOURSELF BUT NOT THE
ENEMY, FOR EVERY VICTORY GAINED YOU WILL
ALSO SUFFER A DEFEAT. IF YOU KNOW NEITHER
THE ENEMY NOR YOURSELF, YOU WILL
SUCCUMB IN EVERY BATTLE
BE EXTREMELY SUBTLE, EVEN TO THE POINT OF
FORMLESSNESS. BE EXTREMELY MYSTERIOUS, EVEN
TO THE POINT OF SOUNDLESSNESS. THEREBY YOU
CAN BE THE DIRECTOR OF THE OPPONENT’S FATE
ENGAGE PEOPLE WITH WHAT THEY EXPECT; IT IS
WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DISCERN AND CONFIRMS
THEIR PROJECTIONS. IT SETTLES THEM INTO
PREDICTABLE PATTERNS OF RESPONSE, OCCUPYING
THEIR MINDS WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE
EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT—THAT WHICH
THEY CANNOT ANTICIPATE
TO KNOW YOUR ENEMY, YOU MUST BECOME
YOUR ENEMY
VICTORIOUS WARRIORS WIN FIRST AND THEN GO
TO WAR, WHILE DEFEATED WARRIORS GO TO
WAR FIRST AND THEN SEEK TO WIN
STRATEGY WITHOUT TACTICS IS THE SLOWEST
ROUTE TO VICTORY. TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY
IS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT
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