In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance your combat stance.

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.

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

Do not act following customary beliefs.

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.

If you want to learn the craft of war, ponder over this book. The teacher is as a needle, the disciple is as thread. You must practice constantly.

Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.