If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to provoke a battle, and fighting will be to your disadvantage. Sun Tzu More Quotes by Sun Tzu More Quotes From Sun Tzu Of all rewards none [is] more liberal than those given to secret agents. Sun Tzu agents rewards secret He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign. Sun Tzu military winning war To capture an enemies army is better than to destroy it. Sun Tzu army war art Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it. Sun Tzu may war art One who has few must prepare against the enemy; one who has many makes the enemy prepare against him. Sun Tzu art-of-war war art The height of strategy, is to attack your opponent's strategy. Sun Tzu strategy height opponents Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a loss. Sun Tzu loss war art Of all those in the army close to the commander, none is more intimate than the secret agent. Sun Tzu agents army secret To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence. Sun Tzu army war art With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent of the enemy. Sun Tzu war enemy art When the position is such that neither side will gain by making the first move, it is called temporising ground. Sun Tzu war art moving With regard to ground of this nature, be before the enemy in occupying the raised and sunny spots, and carefully guard your line of supplies. Then you will be able to fight with advantage. Sun Tzu fighting war art The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points; and his forces being thus distributed in many directions, the numbers we shall have to face at any given point will be proportionately few. Sun Tzu art-of-war fighting numbers Until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared Sun Tzu art-of-war calamity needs Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of business. Sun Tzu spy war art If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away. Sun Tzu war enemy art The General who in advancing does not seek personal fame, and in withdrawing is not concerned with avoiding punishment, but whose only purpose is to protect the people and promote the best interests of his sovereign, is the precious jewel of the state. Sun Tzu punishment war art The general must be the first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not spread his parasol nor in the cold of winter don thick clothing. In dangerous places he must dismount and walk. He waits until the army's wells have been dug and only then drinks; until the army's food is cooked before he eats; until the army's fortifications have been completed, to shelter himself. Sun Tzu summer war art There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen. Sun Tzu art-of-war hue military So it is that good warriors take their stance on ground where they cannot lose, and do not overlook conditions that make an opponent prone to defeat. Sun Tzu warrior opponents athlete
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