Sun Tzu Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Conflict Quotes

The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

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Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness; Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports; Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of warfare; If a secret piece of news is divulged by a spy before the time is ripe, he must be put to death together with the man to whom the secret was told.

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To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is not really good.

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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.

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If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.

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It is the business of a general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy; upright and just, and thus maintain order.

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If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle

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Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move.

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Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous.

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When the position is such that neither side will gain by making the first move, it is called temporising ground.

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Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.

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There are routes not to be followed, armies not to be attacked, citadels not to be besieged, territory not to be fought over.

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He who relies solely on warlike measures shall be exterminated; he who relies solely on peaceful measures shall perish.

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Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

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When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make him move. Appear at places to which he must hasten; move swiftly where he does not expect you.

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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.

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If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary.

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If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.

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Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.

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It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

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