"Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and what is to their advantage."

"The line between disorder and order lies in logistics."

"What enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge."

"The highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans."

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