“Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory:
1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
3 He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
4 He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
5 He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”
― The Art of War
1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
3 He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
4 He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
5 He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”
― The Art of War
“To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood.”
― Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan
― Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope”
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“Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
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