Perfection in war lies in so sapping your opponents will that he surrenders without fighting.

O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed.

Be the first to seize intersecting ground, that is ground which lies the intersections of borders or intersections of main thoroughfares of commerce and travel. Your occupation of it gives you access to all who border it and all who would covet it. On intersecting ground, if you establish alliances you are safe, if you lose alliances you are in peril.

And regulation entails organizational effectiveness, a chain of command, and a structure for logistical support.

Unless you enter the tiger's lair, you cannot get hold of the tiger's cub's.

If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle