Author: Lionel Giles

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.””Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.””Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy”s resistance without fighting.””All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.Sun tzu, The Art of War