Sun Tzu — The Quiet General
1 He prized the victory that left fields unburned and soldiers alive to plant them.
2 He said the best battle is the one you do not need to fight.
3 Court politics questioned his loyalty; strategy was his only faction.
4 He trained with harsh demonstrations that scandalized the soft-hearted — and sobered the arrogant.
5 He taught that anger is a weapon handed to your enemy; he learned it the hard way.
6 Maps and morale, spies and supplies — he honored the math of mercy.
7 His flaw was distance: a calm that could seem cold, a logic that frightened poets.
8 Yet his mercy was pragmatic: fewer widows, quieter graves.
9 Learn from him: the strongest arm is the mind that finds another road home.