Sun Tzu's Ancient Life Lessons Men Learn Too Late In Life

The Spirit Inside

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00:00 Appear weak when you are strong, strong when you are weak.

00:04 If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

00:15 Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

00:28 In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

00:34 Victorious warriors win first and then go to war,

00:42 while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

00:48 To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.

00:56 There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.

01:04 Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons,

01:12 and they will follow you into the deepest valley.

01:16 Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

01:25 Move swift as the wind and closely formed as the wood.

01:34 Attack like the fire and be still as the mountain.

01:38 Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

01:49 There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five

01:55 give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.

01:59 When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

02:16 Who wishes to fight must first count the cost.

02:20 If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.

02:28 Know yourself and you will win all battles.

02:36 To win 100 victories in 100 battles is not the acme of skill.

02:46 To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

02:51 Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

02:59 Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness.

03:06 Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness.

03:12 Thereby, you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

03:16 The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy so that he cannot fathom our real intent.

03:27 What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins,

03:36 but excels in winning with ease.

03:40 Rouse him and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity.

03:46 Force him to reveal himself so as to find out his vulnerable spots.

03:53 You have to believe in yourself.

03:58 If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.

04:07 Thus, the expert in battle moved the enemy and is not moved by him.

04:14 Attack is the secret of defense.

04:20 Defense is the planning of an attack.

04:23 Great results can be achieved with small forces.

04:32 Results can be achieved with small forces.

04:37 Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

04:41 If quick, I survive.

04:46 If not quick, I am lost.

04:49 This is death.

04:55 Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.

05:03 If you ignore both, your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.

05:12 Move not unless you see an advantage.

05:18 Use not your troops unless there is something to be gained.

05:24 Fight not unless the position is critical.

05:27 Wheels of justice grind slow, but grind fine.

05:34 It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.

05:45 If his forces are united, separate them.

05:53 You can't trust a man who has nothing to lose.

05:57 Plan for what is difficult while it is easy.

06:03 Do what is great while it is small.

06:07 If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will be weak everywhere.

06:19 Be where your enemy is not.

06:23 An enemy is a friend who knows too much about you.

06:29 Disorder came from order.

06:34 Fear came from courage.

06:37 Weakness came from strength.

06:44 If your friend is friends with your enemy, it means that you should not hang out with this friend.

06:53 Beware of sugar that is mixed with poison.

06:58 Beware of the fly that sat on a dead snake.

07:03 Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits.

07:11 Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.

07:20 Regard your soldiers as your children and they will follow you into the deepest valleys.

07:30 Look on them as your own beloved sons.

07:37 A leader leads by example, not by force.

07:41 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.

07:51 In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them.

08:05 Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.

08:10 Tactics without strategy is noise before defeat.

08:16 The captured soldiers should be kindly treated and kept.

08:23 One need not destroy one's enemy.

08:31 One need only destroy his willingness to engage.

08:35 Every animal with blood in its veins and horns on its head will fight when it is attacked.

08:45 Never trust a friend who is silent about your flaws.

08:54 [Music]

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