tzu Quotes

“Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.”

“If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.”

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

“In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact to shatter and destroy it is not so good.”

“The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.”

“Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline simulated fear postulates courage simulated weakness postulates strength.”

“All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.”

“Great acts are made up of small deeds.”