ca. 5th century BC
Sun Tzu
A Chinese strategist whose thirteen chapters have been read for two and a half thousand years because they are never about fighting, but about winning without it.
“Know the other and know yourself, and you need not fear a hundred encounters.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War
“A hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the highest skill. To undo resistance without fighting is.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War
“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War
“Water shapes its course to the ground. Whoever wins adapts to what lies before them.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War
“Victory is prepared before it is sought. Whoever begins to plan mid-fight has already lost.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War
The Art of War, public domain. English rendering made for this site.
