Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu (c 335-288 BC), also spelled Tsu, tze , tzu, or tse) was a Chinese military leader and theorist. He is chiefly known for this boom The Art of War, which is considered a classic of military strategy and warfare. We, however, know little about him.Wisdom & Quotes
- To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance.
- Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat.
- Know the enemy and know yourself.
- All warfare is based on deception.
- Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as the night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
- Attack the enemy's strategy.
- Those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.
- Rapidity is the essence of war.
- Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety.
- There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.
- As water has no constant form, there are in war no constant conditions.
Appius Claudius Caecus