Sun Tzu

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its read more

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which read more

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting read more

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result is victory, then you must not fight, even at the ruler's bidding.

The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. read more

The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, they will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and their incomes dissipated.