"Put them in a place whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight."

"Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain."

"If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant."

"For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill."

"Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger."