In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.

Without local guides, your enemy employs the land as a weapon against you.

He whose ranks are united in purpose will be victorious.

When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal.

Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain

There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take a long and circuitous route after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of deviation.