Sun Tzu

When the thunderclap comes, there is no time to cover the ears.

Sun Tzu

When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing.

Sun Tzu

When you shoot a bow and arrow, you aim at the clouds, not because you expect to hit them, but so that you may reach the distant target on the ground.

Sun Tzu

When you start a fire, be to windward of it. Do not attack from the leeward.

Sun Tzu

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

Sun Tzu

Where the army is, prices are high; when prices rise the wealth of the people is exhausted.

Sun Tzu

Where there are repeated wars, the people are weakened; when they score repeated victories, rulers become haughty. Let haughty rulers command weakened people, and rare is the nation that will not perish as a result.

Sun Tzu

Whether in an advantageous position or a disadvantageous one, the opposite state should be always present to your mind.

Sun Tzu

While heading the profit of my counsel, avail yourself also of any helpful circumstances over and beyond the ordinary rules.

Sun Tzu

While we keep away from such places, we should get the enemy to approach them; while we face them, we should let the enemy have them on his rear.

Sun Tzu