(noun) The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
"If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant."
"If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak."
"Never venture, never win!"
"Disorder came from order, fear came from courage, weakness came from strength."
"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
"Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
"Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across."
"Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat."
"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."
"Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster,"
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."
"Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack."