Quotes About Insight

To lift an autumn hair is no sign of great strength; to see the sun and moon is no sign of sharp sight; to hear the noise of thunder is no sign of a quick ear.

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

Thus, what enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is foreknowledge.

licited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any

see the sun and moon is no sign of sharp sight; to hear the noise of thunder is no sign of a quick ear.

Every battle is won before it is fought.

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

Master Sun So it is said that if you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know others but know yourself, you win one and lose one; if you do not know others and do not know yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.

Thus,  what enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is FOREKNOWLEDGE.

De ahí el dicho: conoce al enemigo y conócete a ti mismo, y sobre tu victoria no caerán dudas; conoce el Cielo y la Tierra, y tu victoria estará asegurada del todo.

All men can see the individual tactics necessary to conquer, but almost no one can see the strategy out of which total victory is evolved.

Know thy enemy

The ultimate skill in taking up a strategic position is to have no form.

purposely ignored by him. [16] Tu Mu's conjecture seems to be based

La mayoría de nosotros aceptamos involuntariamente una vida superficial, pero rodeándola de gran misterio.

Hacerte invencible significa conocerte a ti mismo; aguardar para descubrir la vulnerabilidad del adversario significa conocer a los demás.

An enlightened ruler thinks carefully; effective general goes to the end.

Know your enemy, know yourself, and the victory will not be questionable even in hundreds of battles.

Si solo eres capaz de asegurar la victoria tras enfrentarte a un adversario en un conflicto armado, esa victoria es una dura victoria. Si eres capaz de ver lo sutil y de darte cuenta de lo oculto, irrumpiendo antes del orden de la batalla, la victoria así obtenida es una victoria fácil.

Todos los hombres pueden ver las tácticas, pero lo que nadie puede ver es la estrategia que hace que de estas observaciones evolucione la victoria.

To see the sun and moon is no sign of sharp sight; to hear the noise of thunder is no sign of a quick ear.

cited by Pi I-hsun, we may see in this theory a probable solution of the mystery. Between Ssu-ma Ch`ien and

He who only sees the obvious, wins his battles with difficulty; he who looks below the surface of things, wins with ease.

cuando te conoces a ti mismo y conoces a los demás, la victoria no es un peligro; cuando conoces el cielo y la tierra, la victoria es inagotable.