Lao Tzu

[Guru]

 

[Guru]

 

[Never]

I thought it was Sun Tzu.

 

[Guru]

 

[Never]

Let your rapidity be that of the wind, your compactness that of the forest.
In raiding and plundering be like fire, is immovability like a mountain.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

 

[Guru]

 

[Never]

All warfare is based on deception.

Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

 

[Guru]

 

[Never]

No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.

 

[Guru]

 

[Guru]

 

[Pyper]

No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen

One should always avoid gratifying one's spleen.

 

[Guru]

 

[Guru]

 

[Never]

IT is sun-tzu. Lao-tzu might be wise but he'd get a smackdown if he messed with sun-tzu.

The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

 

[Guru]

 

[Guru]

 

[Guru]

 

[Never]

I know that Guru. Thank you anyways though.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

 

[Guru]

 

[Guru]

 

[Guru]

 

[Lost Cause]

Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them.
--Lao-Tzu

 

[Guru]

 

[Guru]