Strategy

"Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate."

"Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will."

"Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance."

"When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard."

"The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation."

"He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared."

"If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by."

"Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength."

"Be where your enemy is not."

"Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."