Thinking Quotes by Miyamoto Musashi

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

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

— Miyamoto Musashi

Pay attention even to life's trifles.

— Miyamoto Musashi

“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

“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

No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible

— Miyamoto Musashi

Too much is the same as not enough.

— Miyamoto Musashi

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

— 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

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

— Miyamoto Musashi

Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.

— Miyamoto Musashi

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

“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

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

— Miyamoto Musashi

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