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

“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy, but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain in every battle to be in peril.”

“If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.”

“Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster”

“To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”

“Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”

“Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.”