“If quick, I survive.If not quick, I am lost.This is "death.”

“if you fight with all your might,  there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner”

“The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.”

“If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless: if it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it nor the wise make plans against it.”

“Sun Tzu Wu was a native of the Ch`i State. His Art of War brought him to the notice of Ho Lu, King of Wu. Ho Lu said to him: “I have carefully perused your 13 chapters. May I submit your theory of managing soldiers to a slight test?”

“and addressed them thus: “I presume you know the difference between front and back, right hand and left hand?”

“He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.”