Miyamoto Musashi Quotes
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When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy.
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Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.
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To become the enemy, see yourself as the enemy of the enemy
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No Fear, No Hesitation, No Surprise, No Doubt
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You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.
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When you decide to attack, keep calm and dash in quickly, forestalling the enemy...attack with a feeling of constantly crushing the enemy, from first to last.
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You should not have a favourite weapon. To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well.
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True warriors are fierce because their training is fierce.
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When the enemy starts to collapse you must pursue him without the chance of letting go. If you fail to take advantage of your enemies collapse, they may recover.
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No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible
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Know your enemy, know his sword.
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Too much is the same as not enough.
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If you learn indoor techniques, you will think narrowly and forget the true Way. Thus you will have difficulty in actual encounters.
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Imitation is the surest form of flattery and failure. I am not interested with your talk about my ideas. I am more interested in your applying them to your life. If you do not, then you are essentially not in accord with your own mind.
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Do nothing which is of no use.
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If you are not progressing along the true way, a slight twist in the mind can become a major twist. This must be pondered well.
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All man are the same except for their belief in their own selves, regardless of what others may think of them
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When your spirit is not in the least clouded, when the clouds of bewilderment clear away, there is the true void.
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The spirit of defeating a man is the same for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great Buddha from a one foot model.
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The path that leads to truth is littered with the bodies of the ignorant.
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Get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of Man.
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Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.
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In time, all things work to your advantage when you pursue them with an open heart.
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It is difficult to realize the true Way just through sword-fencing. Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallowest things and the deepest things.
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The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly among the spearmen.
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This is truth: When you sacrifice your life, you must make fullest use of your weaponry. It is false not to do so, and to die with a weapon as yet undrawn.
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As if with the nut and flower, the nut has become less than the flower... both those teaching and those learning are concerned with colouring and showing off their technique, trying to hasten the bloom of the flower.
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As far as Im concerned, I regret nothing.
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Strategy is the craft of the warrior.
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Do not sleep under a roof. Carry no money or food. Go alone to places frightening to the common brand of men. Become a criminal of purpose. Be put in jail, and extricate yourself by your own wisdom.
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