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

He who is not sage and wise, humane and just, cannot use secret agent.s. And he who is not delicate and subtle cannot get the truth out of them.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night.

Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuver. What is difficult about maneuver is to make the devious route the most direct and to turn misfortune to advantage.

In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack.. the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.

The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.

Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuvering for advantageous positions.