If you fail to take advantage of your enemies' collapse, they may recover.

As if with the nut and flower, the nut has become less than the flower... both those teaching and those learning are concerned with colouring and showing off their technique, trying to hasten the bloom of the flower.

...most warriors only perform tricks. The way of the warrior is filled with soul and feeling

Crossing at a ford occurs often in a man's lifetime. It means setting sail even though your friends stay in harbour, knowing the route, knowing the soundness of your ship and the favour of the day.

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.

The warrior is different in that studying the Way of strategy is based on overcoming men

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world