It is sufficient to estimate the enemy situation correctly and to concentrate your strength to capture him. There is no more to it than this. He who lacks foresight and underestimates his enemy will surely be captured by him.

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy... use the conquered foe to augment one's own strength.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm

The essential factor of military success is speed, that is taking advantage of others' unpreparedness or lack of foresight, their failure to catch up, going by routes they do not expect, attacking where they are not on guard. This you cannot accomplish with hesitation.

When the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixed duties assigned to officers and men, and the ranks are formed in a slovenly haphazard manner, the result is utter disorganization.