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A warrior has no confusion in his mind ... This is true emptiness. — Miyamoto Musashi

There is timing in everything. Timing in strategy cannot be mastered without a great deal of practice. — Miyamoto Musashi

See to it that you temper yourself with one thousand days of practice, and refine yourself with ten thousand days of training. — Miyamoto Musashi

To become the enemy, see yourself as the enemy of the enemy — Miyamoto Musashi

In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things. — Miyamoto Musashi

There are many ways of understanding simple things, but generally the opposite is true for difficult ideas — Miyamoto Musashi

True warriors are fierce because their training is fierce. — Miyamoto Musashi

from one thing, know ten thousand things — Miyamoto Musashi

The purpose of today's training is to defeat yesterday's understanding. — Miyamoto Musashi

In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance your combat stance. — Miyamoto Musashi

With your spirit open and unconstricted, look at things from a high point of view. — Miyamoto Musashi

Respect the gods and buddhas, but never rely on them. — Miyamoto Musashi

Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is ... — Miyamoto Musashi

Fixation is the way to death. Fluidity is the way to life. — Miyamoto Musashi

It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet — Miyamoto Musashi

If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of Strategy. — Miyamoto Musashi

Musashi, who trained himself, became a master swordsman who was never defeated. — Kerr Cuhulain

Become acquainted with every art. — Miyamoto Musashi

As you get the rhythm you discern how to win. — Miyamoto Musashi

The way is in training. — Miyamoto Musashi

Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay. — Miyamoto Musashi

When you appreciate the power of nature, knowing the rhythm of any situation, you will be able to hit the enemy naturally and strike naturally. — Miyamoto Musashi

Do nothing which is of no use — Miyamoto Musashi

The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive. — Miyamoto Musashi

The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them — Miyamoto Musashi

Even if a man has no natural ability, he can be a warrior. — Miyamoto Musashi

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. — Miyamoto Musashi

Never stray from the Way. — Miyamoto Musashi

When your opponent is hurrying recklessly, you must act contrarily and keep calm. You must not be influenced by the opponent. — Miyamoto Musashi

This Fudo Myo-o, whose name means "Immovable Wisdom King," is represented with a sword to cut through our ignorance and a rope to bind up our emotions — Miyamoto Musashi

Most warriors only perform tricks. The way of the warrior is filled with soul and feeling — Miyamoto Musashi

The Way is in training ... Do nothing which is not of value. — Miyamoto Musashi

Consider yourself lightly; consider the world deeply. — Miyamoto Musashi

Step by step walk the thousand-mile road. — Miyamoto Musashi

Under the sword lifted high, There is hell making you tremble. But go ahead, And you have the land of bliss. — Miyamoto Musashi

Do not regret what you have done — Miyamoto Musashi

When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy. — Miyamoto Musashi

Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye. — Miyamoto Musashi

One must make the warrior walk his everyday walk. — Miyamoto Musashi

Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help — Miyamoto Musashi

Do nothing that is of no use — Miyamoto Musashi

To know ten thousand things, know one well — Miyamoto Musashi

The path that leads to truth is littered with the bodies of the ignorant. — Miyamoto Musashi

Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding. — Miyamoto Musashi

The important thing in strategy is to suppress the enemy's useful actions but allow his useless actions — Miyamoto Musashi

If you know the way broadly you will see it in everything. — Miyamoto Musashi

Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything. — Miyamoto Musashi

Though you give up your life, do not give up your honor. — Miyamoto Musashi

A thousand days of training to develop, ten thousand days of training to polish. You must examine all this well. — Miyamoto Musashi

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. — Miyamoto Musashi

Fixed formation is bad. Study this well. — Miyamoto Musashi

Do not waste time idling or thinking after you have set your goals — Miyamoto Musashi

Cutting down the enemy is the way of strategy, and there is no need for many refinements of it. — Miyamoto Musashi

Pay attention even to life's trifles. — Miyamoto Musashi

You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour. — Miyamoto Musashi

When your spirit is not in the least clouded, when the clouds of bewilderment clear away, there is the true void. — Miyamoto Musashi

Do not act following customary beliefs. — Miyamoto Musashi

If the enemy thinks of the mountains, attack like the sea; and if he thinks of the sea, attack like the mountains. — Miyamoto Musashi

Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie. — Miyamoto Musashi

Polish your wisdom: learn public justice, distinguish between good and evil, study the ways of different arts one by one. — Miyamoto Musashi

You can only fight the way you practice — Miyamoto Musashi

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect. — Miyamoto Musashi

The sword has to be more than a simple weapon; it has to be an answer to life's questions. — Miyamoto Musashi

Becoming the opponent means you should put yourself in an opponent's place and think from the opponent's point of view. — Miyamoto Musashi

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world — Miyamoto Musashi

Do not let the body be dragged along by mind nor the mind be dragged along by the body — Miyamoto Musashi

Too much is the same as not enough. — Miyamoto Musashi

If you wish to control others you must first control yourself — Miyamoto Musashi

In contests of strategy it is bad to be led about by the enemy. You must always be able to lead the enemy about. — Miyamoto Musashi

The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win — Miyamoto Musashi

The essential is to think that anything you are doing has to become the occasion for slashing. You must examine this well. — Miyamoto Musashi

Do not let your opponent see your spirit — Miyamoto Musashi

Know your enemy, know his sword. — Miyamoto Musashi

Water adopts the shape of its receptacle, it is sometimes a trickle and sometimes a wild sea. — Miyamoto Musashi

If you do not control the enemy, the enemy will control you — Miyamoto Musashi

A bullet from a gun does not make a distinction between practice and combat. You are training to be one and the same way in your life — Miyamoto Musashi

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. — Miyamoto Musashi

If you learn indoor techniques, you will think narrowly and forget the true Way. Thus you will have difficulty in actual encounters. — Miyamoto Musashi

Immature strategy is the cause of grief". — Miyamoto Musashi

They speak of "This Dojo" and "That Dojo". They are looking for profit. — Miyamoto Musashi

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. — Miyamoto Musashi

If the enemy stays spirited it is difficult to crush him. — Miyamoto Musashi

When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the way in everything. — Miyamoto Musashi

If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy. — Miyamoto Musashi

All man are the same except for their belief in their own selves, regardless of what others may think of them — Miyamoto Musashi

You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain — Miyamoto Musashi

In time, all things work to your advantage when you pursue them with an open heart. — Miyamoto Musashi

There is even rhythm in being empty. — Miyamoto Musashi

It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first. — Miyamoto Musashi

You're safer out in the open than you are crouching in the woodshed listening for footsteps and going crazy. — Eiji Yoshikawa

Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love. — Miyamoto Musashi

In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness. — Miyamoto Musashi

All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this. — Miyamoto Musashi

As far as Im concerned, I regret nothing. — Miyamoto Musashi

The warrior is different in that studying the Way of strategy is based on overcoming men — Miyamoto Musashi

It is imperative to master the principles of the art of war and learn to be unmoved in mind even in the heat of the battle. — Miyamoto Musashi

Get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of Man. — Miyamoto Musashi

Being like a rock wall" is when a master of martial arts suddenly becomes like a rock wall, inaccessible to anything at all, immovable. — Miyamoto Musashi

By knowing things that exist, you can know that which does not exist. — Miyamoto Musashi

When you attack the enemy, your spirit must go to the extent of pulling the stakes out of a wall and using them as spears and halberds. — Miyamoto Musashi