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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

war

 

 

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

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EVEN THE FINEST SWORD PLUNGED INTO SALT

WATER WILL EVENTUALLY RUST

sword

 

 

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

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

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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

Plato

 

 

TO KNOW YOUR ENEMY, YOU MUST BECOME

YOUR ENEMY

Arabs

 

 

VICTORIOUS WARRIORS WIN FIRST AND THEN GO

TO WAR, WHILE DEFEATED WARRIORS GO TO

WAR FIRST AND THEN SEEK TO WIN

Spartans

 

 

STRATEGY WITHOUT TACTICS IS THE SLOWEST

ROUTE TO VICTORY. TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY

IS THE NOISE BEFORE DEFEAT

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