Wisdom Quotes

"A man's silence can speak louder than his words."

"To anticipate your opponent's move is to have already won."

"Know thyself."

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small."

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your estimate of it."

"As you think, so you become."

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."

"Nothing happens to the wise man against his expectation."

"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right—think about such things."

"The greatest victory is that which requires no battle."

"Knowledge of oneself is the beginning of wisdom."

"The wise learn from others' mistakes, not their own."

"A wise ruler knows when to wield the sword and when to sheathe it."

"To rule well, one must first understand those being ruled."

"The art of leadership is knowing which battles to fight."

"A kingdom that values only warriors will perish without builders."

"The pursuit of power without purpose is the pursuit of emptiness."

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

"A wise warrior avoids the battle."

"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill."

"Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across."

"The highest form of strategy is to attack your opponent's strategy."

"Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance."

"He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight."

"Understanding the season and terrain enables you to understand victory."

"In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact."

"When strong, avoid them. If of a surly disposition, seek to irritate him."

"A leader's strength comes from his advisors, not from his position."

"As wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire, so is the application of force dependent on circumstance."

"Resources are not infinite, so success is not infinite."