Sun Tzu Quotes About Weakness
-
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
→ -
When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
→ -
An army may be likened to water, for just as flowing water avoids the heights and hastens to the lowlands, so an army avoids strength and strikes weakness.
→ -
Apparent confusion is a product of good order; apparent cowardice, of courage; apparent weakness, of strength.
→ -
Order or disorder depends on organisation and direction; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on tactical dispositions.
→ -
Hiding order beneath the cloak of disorder is simply a question of subdivision; concealing courage under a show of timidity presupposes a fund of latent energy; masking strength with weakness is to be effected by tactical dispositions.
→
Related Authors
-
Laozi Philosopher -
Mencius Philosopher -
Benjamin Franklin Founding Father of the United States -
Miyamoto Musashi Author -
Zhuge Liang Inventor -
John Keegan Historian -
Carl von Clausewitz Military Historian -
Marcus Aurelius Roman emperor -
Han Fei Philosopher -
Sima Qian Historian -
Sun Bin Author -
Mao Zedong Former Chairman of the Communist Party of China -
Niccolo Machiavelli Historian -
Zhuangzi Philosopher -
Antoine-Henri Jomini Writer -
Confucius Philosopher -
Qin Shi Huang King -
-
Cao Cao Warlord -
Xunzi Philosopher