No country has ever benefited from a long war.

Sūnzi’s art of war (孙子兵法,) ch. 2

Humans are good intuitive grammarians but poor intuitive statisticians.

Daniel kahneman in Thinking, fast and slow

The highest form of leadership is to attack the enemy’s plans; the next highest is to attack the cohesion of their forces; the next is to attack their troops, and the worst is to besiege their cities.

Sūnzi’s Art of war (孙子兵法,) Ch.3

Laziness is built deep into our nature.

Daniel Kahneman in Thinking, Fast and Slow

War is the Way of deception.

Sūnzi’s Art of war (孙子兵法), Ch. 1