suntzuquotes

1.       While heading the profit of my counsel, avail yourself also of any helpful circumstances over and beyond the ordinary rules. 2.       According as circumstances are favourable, one should modify one's plans. 3.       When you lay down a law, see that it is not disobeyed; if it is disobeyed the offender must be put to death. 4.       All warfare is based on deception. 5.       Thus, though we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays. 6.       Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. 7.       Humanity and justice are the principles on which to govern a state, but not an army; opportunism and flexibility, on the other hand, are military rathe...