Quotes from Sun Tzu

El arte de la guerra se basa en el engaño. Por lo tanto, cuando es capaz de atacar, ha de aparentar incapacidad; cuando las tropas se mueven, aparentar inactividad. Si está cerca del enemigo, ha de hacerle creer que está lejos; si está lejos, aparentar que se está cerca. Poner cebos para atraer al enemigo.

Whatever comes, let it come. What stays, let it stay. What goes, let it go.

When an army falls into danger, it can snatch victory from defeat.

An enlightened ruler thinks carefully; effective general goes to the end.

A previous information allows wise rulers and valuable generals to move and conquer.

It is not the pinnacle of martial achievement to fight and win a hundred battles. It is the pinnacle of martial achievement to win without fighting

Conosci il nemico, conosci te stesso, mai sarà in dubbio il risultato di cento battaglie.

25. Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death. 26. If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder: then your soldiers must be likened to spoilt children; they are useless for any practical purpose.

When the men are united, the brave will not advance alone, nor will the cowardly retreat.

All warfare is based on deception. 18. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem 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.

What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations. And therefore the general who understands war is the Minister of the people's fate and arbiter of the nation's destiny.

You cannot shut your ears to the thunder or your eyes to the lighting—so rapid are they.' Likewise, an attack should be made so quickly that it cannot be parried.

To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.

Hay que reflexionar y deliberar antes de tomar cualquier decisión.

Sun Tzu dijo: En el arte práctico de la guerra, es mejor conservar el país enemigo entero e intacto, que destruirlo y arrasarlo.

the general for his temporary use, or as we should say, in his tent. See. ss. 26.] 1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. 2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. 3. The art of

combatir y vencer en la batalla no es la excelencia suprema, sino que esta reside en romper la resistencia del enemigo sin luchar.

One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.77]

equipaje está perdido, sin sus provisiones está perdido, sin sus bases de suministro, está perdido. 12. No podemos entrar en alianzas hasta estar familiarizados con los designios de nuestros vecinos. 13. No se está en condiciones de conducir un ejército en marcha, a menos que se esté familiarizado con cada aspecto del país que se recorre; con sus montañas y sus bosques, sus trampas

If one party is at war with another, and the other party does not realize it is at war, the party who knows it's at war almost always has the advantage and usually wins.

Lo que es, pues, esencial en la guerra es el triunfo, no las campañas prolongadas. Por este motivo el general que comprende la guerra es el ministro de la fortuna del pueblo y el árbitro de la nación.

17. All warfare is based on deception.

Cambia sus colores (de los soldados enemigos hechos prisioneros), utilízalos mezclados con los tuyos. Trata bien a los soldados y préstales atención. Los soldados prisioneros deben ser bien tratados, para conseguir que en el futuro luchen para ti. A esto se llama vencer al adversario e incrementar por añadidura tus propias fuerzas.

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. * Know not your enemy yet know yourself, and you shall win half your battles. * Know neither the enemy nor yourself, and you shall surely lose every fight.