Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay.

All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.

Do not let your spirit be influenced by your body, or your body be influenced by your spirit. Be neither insufficiently spirited or over spirited. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.

The important thing in strategy is to suppress the enemy's useful actions but allow his useless actions

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

There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal intelligence of the Universe that enables a man to approach perfection. It may be in the arts of music and painting or it may be in commerce, law, or medicine. It may be in the study of war or the study of peace. Each is as important as any other. Spiritual enlightenment through religious meditation such as Zen or in any other way is as viable and functional as any "Way."... A person should study as they see fit.

The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive.