Didn't really know where to go, and I'm heading out the door. Last night as I was thinking on some things a jumbled version of a quote came into my mind. Poking the internet this morning, I think it might have been a Sun Tzu translation, but didn't find it as I was looking around. The general meaning of it is 'If you make it so that your opponent is unable to oppose you, you secure your own victory.' But it was a lot more elegant than that.
Anybody got it?
Thanks for any help.
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.
Sun Tzu
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Sun Tzu