“56. Bestow rewards without regard to rule, issue orders without regard to previous arrangements; and you will be able to handle a whole army as though you had to do with but a single man.
57. Confront your soldiers with the deed itself; never let them know your design. When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.
58. Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety.
59. For it is precisely when a force has fallen into harm’s way that is capable of striking a blow for victory.
60. Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy’s purpose.
61. By persistently hanging on the enemy’s flank, we shall succeed in the long run in killing the commander-in-chief.
62. This is called ability to accomplish a thing by sheer cunning.”
Sun Tzu, Master Sun
Art of War
Quoted in The Art of War, Translated by Lionel Giles, Offered by The Project Gutenberg eBook
Some rules are meant to be broken
Some orders are meant to be ignored
Reveal nothing
Deceive everything
Accommodating brings victory
Success comes from persistency
Sheer cunning
Means winning
