The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.


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he who knows when he can fight and when he cannot , will be victorious .
SUN TZU
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to...
SUN TZU
the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
SUN TZU
Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength.
SUN TZU
If those who are sent to draw water begin by drinking themselves, the army is suffering from thirst....
SUN TZU
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in br...
SUN TZU
Know the enemy, know yourself and victory is never in doubt, not in a hundred battles.
SUN TZU
Every battle is won before it is fought.
SUN TZU
O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible an...
SUN TZU
Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works...
SUN TZU
Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.
SUN TZU
mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy
SUN TZU
Hence a commander who advances without any thought of winning personal fame and withdraws in spite o...
SUN TZU
Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found ou...
SUN TZU
The wise warrior avoids the battle.
SUN TZU
know yourself and you will win all battles
SUN TZU
You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.
PATRICIA SUN
There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Becaus...
PATRICIA SUN
Nothing will ensure war more certainly or entrench rivalries more seriously than for or against thin...
PATRICIA SUN
We mostly feel fearful because we feel powerless. We feel powerless, I contend, because of a style o...
PATRICIA SUN
We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ig...
PATRICIA SUN
When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we h...
PATRICIA SUN
The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out....
PATRICIA SUN
And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the...
SUN RA
I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another cate...
SUN RA
It's such a tragedy that man endures in killing his brother and his own kind, putting him in jai...
SUN RA