Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.

Rapidity is the essence of war.

If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.

So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.

Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of the former.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.