Miyamoto Musashi

“The important thing is to polish wisdom and the mind in great detail. If you sharpen wisdom, you will understand what is…

— Miyamoto Musashi

“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

Do not act following customary beliefs.

— Miyamoto Musashi

“By knowing what exist, you can know that which does not exist. That is the void. People in this world look at…

— Miyamoto Musashi

“Never fail to have this attitude of mind, go forward without hurry, learn the essence of things through frequent experiences, taking advantage…

— Miyamoto Musashi

Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help

— Miyamoto Musashi

Thirdly, the gentleman warrior, carrying the weaponry of his way. The way of the warrior is to master the virtue of his…

— Miyamoto Musashi

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

— Miyamoto Musashi

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

— Miyamoto Musashi

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world

— Miyamoto Musashi

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

— 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

From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash,…

— Miyamoto Musashi

A bullet from a gun does not make a distinction between practice and combat. You are training to be one and the…

— Miyamoto Musashi

I dreamt of worldly success once.

— Miyamoto Musashi

Fixation is the way to death. Fluidity is the way to life.

— Miyamoto Musashi

Do not let your spirit be influenced by your body, or your body be influenced by your spirit. Be neither insufficiently spirited…

— 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

Crossing at a ford occurs often in a man's lifetime. It means setting sail even though your friends stay in harbour, knowing…

— 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

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

— Miyamoto Musashi

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

— Miyamoto Musashi

If you do not control the enemy, the enemy will control you

— Miyamoto Musashi

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

— Miyamoto Musashi

Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast….Of course, slowness is bad. Really skillful people never get out of…

— Miyamoto Musashi