The Art of War

Quotes

• Every battle is won before it is fought.
• If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
• The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
• All warfare is based on deception.
• Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
• The victorious warrior wins first and then goes to war, while the defeated warrior goes to war first and then seeks to win.
• In war, the way to win is to avoid prolonged engagements.
• Winning every battle is not the highest skill; the highest skill is to subdue the enemy without fighting.