In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
“In a battle of martial arts, victory is in knowing the rhythms of your various opponents, in using a rhythm your opponent… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
“The important thing is to polish wisdom and the mind in great detail. If you sharpen wisdom, you will understand what is… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
“Then you will come to see things in an all-encompassing sense and, taking the void as the Way, you will see the… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Polish your wisdom: learn public justice, distinguish between good and evil, study the ways of different arts one by one. — 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