From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords are crossed the gun becomes useless.

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.

Pay attention even to life's trifles.

The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win

Cutting down the enemy is the way of strategy, and there is no need for many refinements of it.

There are many ways of understanding simple things, but generally the opposite is true for difficult ideas

When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the way in everything.