The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, spring, strike or touch the enemy's cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the… — 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 and strike naturally. — 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 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
“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 Image
“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 Image
No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
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 Image
Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
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 Image
