When you shoot a bow and arrow, you aim at the clouds, not because you expect to hit them, but so that you may reach the distant target on the ground.

The control of large numbers is possible, and like unto that of small numbers, if we subdivide them.

Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.

The height of strategy, is to attack your opponent's strategy.

Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain

For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.

When I have won a victory I do not repeat my tactics but respond to circumstances in an infinite variety of ways.