Sun Tsu The Art of War - XIII. THE USE OF SPIES

 1. Sun Tzu said:  Raising a host of a hundred thousand
    men and marching them great distances entails heavy loss
    on the people and a drain on the resources of the State.
    The daily expenditure will amount to a thousand ounces
    of silver.  There will be commotion at home and abroad,
    and men will drop down exhausted on the highways.
    As many as seven hundred thousand families will be impeded
    in their labor.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - XII. THE ATTACK BY FIRE

 1. Sun Tzu said:  There are five ways of attacking
    with fire.  The first is to burn soldiers in their camp;
    the second is to burn stores; the third is to burn
    baggage trains; the fourth is to burn arsenals and magazines;
    the fifth is to hurl dropping fire amongst the enemy.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - XI. THE NINE SITUATIONS

 1. Sun Tzu said:  The art of war recognizes nine varieties of ground:
    (1) Dispersive ground; (2) facile ground; (3) contentious ground;
    (4) open ground; (5) ground of intersecting highways;
    (6) serious ground; (7) difficult ground; (8) hemmed-in ground;
    (9) desperate ground.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - X. TERRAIN

 1. Sun Tzu said:  We may distinguish six kinds of terrain,
    to wit:  (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground;
    (3) temporizing ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous
    heights; (6) positions at a great distance from the enemy.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - IX. THE ARMY ON THE MARCH

 1. Sun Tzu said:  We come now to the question of
    encamping the army, and observing signs of the enemy.
    Pass quickly over mountains, and keep in the neighborhood
    of valleys.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - VIII. VARIATION IN TACTICS

 1. Sun Tzu said:  In war, the general receives
    his commands from the sovereign, collects his army
    and concentrates his forces

Sun Tsu The Art of War - VII. MANEUVERING

 1. Sun Tzu said:  In war, the general receives his
    commands from the sovereign.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - VI. WEAK POINTS AND STRONG

 1. Sun Tzu said:  Whoever is first in the field and
    awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight;
    whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle
    will arrive exhausted.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - V. ENERGY

 1. Sun Tzu said:  The control of a large force
    is the same principle as the control of a few men:
    it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - IV. TACTICAL DISPOSITIONS

 1. Sun Tzu said:  The good fighters of old first put
    themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then
    waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - III. ATTACK BY STRATAGEM

 1. Sun Tzu said:  In the practical art of war, the best
    thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact;
    to shatter and destroy it is not so good.  So, too, it is
    better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it,
    to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire
    than to destroy them.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - II. WAGING WAR

1. Sun Tzu said:  In the operations of war,
    where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots,
    as many heavy chariots, and a hundred thousand
    mail-clad soldiers, with provisions enough to carry them
    a thousand li, the expenditure at home and at the front,
    including entertainment of guests, small items such as
    glue and paint, and sums spent on chariots and armor,
    will reach the total of a thousand ounces of silver per day.
    Such is the cost of raising an army of 100,000 men.

Sun Tsu The Art of War - I. LAYING PLANS

 1. Sun Tzu said:  The art of war is of vital importance
    to the State.