An Argument for Self-Esteem and Education
November 21, 2010 5:58 pm Books“Thus there are are five factors from which victory can be known:
“One who knows when he can fight, and when he cannot fight, will be victorious.
“One who recognizes how to employ large and small numbers will be victorious.
“One whose upper and lower ranks have the same desires will be victorious.
“One who, fully prepared, awaits the unprepared will be victorious.
“One whose general is capable and not interfered with by the ruler will be victorious.
“These five are the Way (Tao) to know victory.
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“Thus it is said that one who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements. One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes be victorious, sometimes meet with defeat. One who knows neither the enemy nor himself will invariably be defeated in every engagement.”
Sun-Tzu
The Art of War