A warrior who is prepared to fight must also be prepared to die.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.

Go into emptiness, strike voids, bypass what he defends hit him where he does not expect you.

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.

It is through the dispositions of an army that its condition may be discovered. Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory,; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat.

Where the army is, prices are high; when prices rise the wealth of the people is exhausted.