Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

Apparent confusion is a product of good order; apparent cowardice, of courage; apparent weakness, of strength.

The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.

The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed.