Sun Tzu Quotes

“To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.”
― Sun Tzu

“Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.”
― Sun Tzu

“Be where your enemy is not.”
― Sun Tzu

“But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“[...]you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy, it’s about scaring him enough to call it a day.”
― Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

“The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds.”
― Teck Foo Check, The Autobiography of Sun Tzu

“Leaders can change the tenor of the workplace and create harmony in motion toward a favorable result. So every time you say to your team, "Let's rock and roll," make sure you have already set up the stage to where they can actually perform like rock stars.”
― Thomas Huynh, The Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict: Annotated & Explained

“When two sides who consider each other enemies converge in armed struggle, for the moment they are no longer enemies. They are fellow human beings who face the same two choices that their ancestors did for centuries before them: to destroy each other or to prosper together.”
― Thomas Huynh, The Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict: Annotated & Explained

“As swift as wind, as gentle as forest, as fierce as fire, as unshakable as mountain."

-Fūrinkazan”
― Takeda Shingen

“In a world where ‘likes’ and ‘followers’ define worth, we have become a society of self-promotion and self-indulgence, where the true value of human connection and genuine experience is lost to the endless pursuit of more.”
― Jop Helm

“I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician, but it turned out to be useful when I married”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“La mayoría de nosotros aceptamos involuntariamente una vida superficial, pero rodeándola de gran misterio.”
― Sun Tzu

“In the end, it is not the grand gestures of love that sustain a relationship, but the daily acts of kindness and devotion.”
― Shawpelle Mellowness & Sleepy Hero

“Why live once when you can live forever.”
― Gerardo Delgado

“As oportunidades multiplicam-se à medida que são agarradas.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“A evolução do Homem passa, necessariamente, pela busca do conhecimento.”
― Sun Tzu

“Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art Of War

“The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field. With his forces intact he will dispute the mastery of the Empire, and thus, without losing a man, his triumph will be complete.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art Of War

“In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“When the powerful control the narrative, they hold the reins of perception. In the era of corporate western media, the masses must question what they’re being fed, lest they become unwitting pawns in the game of power.”
― Jop Helm

“Our existence is a philosophical conundrum in the era of social media - do we truly exist if we aren’t validated by likes and followers?”
― Jop Helm

“Here is the tragedy of the thug. From all we know of his treatment of his own people, military and civilian, he is the perfect picture of the tyrant. His policy is not steady, but based on urgently felt desires of the moment. He has attacked on all sides. He has opportunistically killed communists. He has attacked Western interests. He has persecuted Kurds and Shiites, he has invaded Iran and Kuwait. It is all according to his momentary hopes and fears. There is no solid thing, no guiding principle other than tyrannical selfishness underlying his state. It is all false and rotten. And now he is surrounded and isolated. He is being used by Russia and China and yet, he is not really supported by them. As for his military prowess, he cannot hope to win any future war. In Zhuge Liang and Liu Ji's commentaries on Sun Tzu, eight kinds of decadence are listed for generals. "First is to be insatiably greedy." Look at Saddam's personal wealth, his many palaces, to see how closely he fits this description. "Second is to be jealous and envious of the wise and able." In Saddam's many purges the wise and able fell, leaving incompetent lackeys to run the army. "Third is to believe slanderers and make friends with the treacherous." His friendship treaty with Moscow and his belief in a Western conspiracy against the Arab world has landed him in a fatal fix. "Fourth is to assess others without assessing oneself." For Saddam, this is a psychological imperative. "Fifth is to be hesitant and indecisive." And what of his decisive recklessness? "Sixth is to be heavily addicted to wine and sex." Consider the behavior of Saddam's eldest son, Uday, who is known for rape as well as drunkenness. "Seventh is to be a malicious liar with a cowardly heart." Here we do not say that Saddam has a cowardly heart, but he lies all the same. "Eighth is to talk wildly, without courtesy." This was Saddam's trademark from the first.”
― J.R.Nyquist

“China and Russia, the two leading empires of the Sun-tzu legacy (and the legacy of Lenin), are awash in corruption and gangsterism. They are degenerate empires. The power they have accumulated can only be used for destruction, since they have no intrinsic moral worth. They will be damned by history, even as they attempt to deceive the historians.

If the legacy of Sun-tzu takes hold throughout the world, then history will everywhere conform to the laws and patterns of Chinese history. The West will then lie buried in its own rubble. Humanity will suffer a dark age — an age of blood and ignorance. Perhaps the human race will die of shame; for such an outcome would be, in truth, unendurably shameful.”
― J.R.Nyquist

“If the Russians and Chinese appear to be preparing for war, respectively, against Ukraine and Taiwan, it is axiomatic that they are preparing to attack something much more substantial. Need we repeat the words of Sun Tzu?”
― J.R. Nyquist

“To live an authentic life, we must break free from the prison of perception and let our true selves shine. For the only true judge of our worth lies not in the eyes of others, but in the mirror of our own soul.”
― Shawpelle Mellowness, BACK TO GOLD: Live an Authentic Life Free from the Prison of Perception

“Love is a symphony of the heart, a melody that echoes through the ages, and a song that we all long to sing.”
― Sleepy Hero

“Love is the greatest adventure of all, a journey that takes us to the highest peaks and the deepest valleys, but ultimately leads us to a place of profound happiness and fulfillment.”
― Sleepy Hero, Life is Meaningless and That's Okay: Embracing Your Existential Freedom

“When they push your buttons and then blame you for pushing back, that's not just disrespect, it's pure manipulation.”
― Jop Helm, COVERT CONTROL: Unveiling the Dark Art of Social Manipulation