In contests of strategy it is bad to be led about by the enemy. You must always be able to lead the… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
If the enemy thinks of the mountains, attack like the sea; and if he thinks of the sea, attack like the mountains. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Cutting down the enemy is the way of strategy, and there is no need for many refinements of it. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
The important thing in strategy is to suppress the enemy's useful actions but allow his useless actions — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
If you fail to take advantage of your enemies' collapse, they may recover. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
When the enemy starts to collapse you must pursue him without the chance of letting go. If you fail to take advantage… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
When you attack the enemy, your spirit must go to the extent of pulling the stakes out of a wall and using… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
When you appreciate the power of nature, knowing the rhythm of any situation, you will be able to hit the enemy naturally… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
To cut and slash are two different things. Cutting, whatever form of cutting it is, is decisive, with a resolute spirit. Slashing… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
When you decide to attack, keep calm and dash in quickly, forestalling the enemy...attack with a feeling of constantly crushing the enemy,… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Do not let your spirit be influenced by your body, or your body be influenced by your spirit. Be neither insufficiently spirited… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
there is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists.… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share
You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share
“The heart of Stepping on the Sword, something used principally in the martial arts, is that even with bows and firearms, you must act… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share
“When you and your opponent are fighting and nothing is going right, nor is there progress, be of a mind to throw off your… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share
No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share
People in this world look at things mistakenly, and think that what they do not understand must be the void. This is not the… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share
“If you do not chase in directly toward the place where your opponents have gathered, you will not make progress. And, if you start… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share
The warrior is different in that studying the Way of strategy is based on overcoming men — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share
You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share
