SUN TZU QUOTATIONS
Added on: 29th Oct 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
MOVE SWIFT AS THE WIND AND CLOSELY FORMED
AS THE WOOD. ATTACK LIKE THE FIRE AND
BE STILL AS THE MOUNTAIN
THE GREATEST VICTORY IS THAT WHICH
REQUIRES NO BATTLE
TREAT YOUR MEN AS YOU WOULD YOUR OWN
BELOVED SONS. AND THEY WILL FOLLOW YOU
INTO THE DEEPEST VALLEY
WHEN STRONG, AVOID THEM. IF OF HIGH MORALE,
DEPRESS THEM. SEEM HUMBLE TO FILL THEM
WITH CONCEIT. IF AT EASE, EXHAUST THEM.
IF UNITED, SEPARATE THEM. ATTACK THEIR
WEAKNESSES. EMERGE TO THEIR SURPRISE
LET YOUR PLANS BE DARK AND IMPENETRABLE
AS NIGHT, AND WHEN YOU MOVE, FALL LIKE
A THUNDERBOLT
KNOW YOURSELF AND YOU WILL WIN ALL BATTLES
THUS WE MAY KNOW THAT THERE ARE FIVE
ESSENTIALS FOR VICTORY: HE WILL WIN WHO
KNOWS WHEN TO FIGHT AND WHEN NOT TO
FIGHT. HE WILL WIN WHO KNOWS HOW TO
HANDLE BOTH SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR FORCES.
HE WILL WIN WHOSE ARMY IS ANIMATED BY
THE SAME SPIRIT THROUGHOUT ALL ITS RANKS.
HE WILL WIN WHO, PREPARED HIMSELF, WAITS
TO TAKE THE ENEMY UNPREPARED. HE WILL
WIN WHO HAS MILITARY CAPACITY AND IS NOT
INTERFERED WITH BY THE SOVEREIGN
OPPORTUNITIES MULTIPLY AS THEY ARE SEIZED
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