Quotes Compiled - Sun Tzu Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period. Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, an influential work of military strategy that has affected both Western and East Asian philosophy and military thought. "Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." - Sun Tzu - "The wise warrior avoids the battle." / Sun Tzu / "When you move, fall like a thunderbolt." ~~ Sun Tzu "Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment." ~~ Sun Tzu "Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." -- Sun Tzu