The Art of War

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Metadata

  • Author: Sun Tzu
  • Full Title: The Art of War
  • Category: books

Highlights

  • The key is to build up momentum, then strike hard and either conquer or get away quickly. (Location 176)
  • over-cautiousness or cowardice, (Location 205)
  • quick temper, easily provoked by insults; (Location 205)
  • In our own lives, the work of self-examination and self-control is essential to real success. In life, as in war, we need both self-knowledge and field knowledge to win. (Location 208)
  • conditions. This is the hallmark of an ideologue, (Location 227)
  • we must always challenge conventional wisdom in order to arrive at the truth of a situation. (Location 229)