“In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.”
Author details
Other Sun Tzu Quotes
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
Sun Tzu 
85% of people like this quote
Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Sun Tzu
76% of people like this quote
Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
Sun Tzu
64% of people like this quote