"The Art of War" - Sun Tzu (Key Points)

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

To be successful, one must have an intimate knowledge of themselves, their enemy, and the Terrain
So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.

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

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

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.