When in a fight to the death, one wants to employ all one's weapons to the utmost. I must say that to die with one's sword still sheathed is most regrettable.

You can only fight the way you practice

You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not enough. Without imitating anyone else, you should have as much weaponry as suits you.

If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of Strategy.

If you wish to control others you must first control yourself

Imitation is the surest form of flattery and failure. I am not interested with your talk about my ideas. I am more interested in your applying them to your life. If you do not, then you are essentially not in accord with your own mind.

It is imperative to master the principles of the art of war and learn to be unmoved in mind even in the heat of the battle.