Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast….Of course, slowness is bad. Really skillful people never get out of time, and are always deliberate, and never appear busy.

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

Even if you strive diligently on your chosen path day after day, if your heart is not in accord with it, then even if you think you are on a good path, from the point of view of the straight and true, this is not a genuine path. If you do not pursue a genuine path to its consummation, then a little bit of crookedness in the mind will later turn into a major warp. Reflect on this.

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.

Whatever your determination or will power, it is foolish to try to change the nature of things. Things work the way they do because that is the way of things

Become acquainted with every art.

If the enemy stays spirited it is difficult to crush him.