Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to… — Sun Tzu

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

In the original Chinese

微乎微乎,至於無形;神乎神乎,至於無聲;故能為敵之司命。

The Art of War · 490 BC
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Sun Tzu. The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life, translated by John Minford. Penguin Classics, 2009, ch. 6.
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Sun Tzu. 孫子兵法 [The Art of War]. c. 475 BC, ch. 6.

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