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War Quotes by 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 the route, knowing…
- When the enemy starts to collapse you must pursue him without the chance of letting go. If you fail to take advantage of your enemies…
- When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy.
- Do not let your spirit be influenced by your body, or your body be influenced by your spirit. Be neither insufficiently spirited or over spirited.…
- If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of Strategy.
- When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the way in everything.
- The spirit of defeating a man is the same for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great…
- As if with the nut and flower, the nut has become less than the flower... both those teaching and those learning are concerned with colouring…
- In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm.…
- Also by training you will be able to freely control your own body, conquer men with your body, and with sufficient training you will be…
- The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly among the spearmen.
- This is truth: When you sacrifice your life, you must make fullest use of your weaponry. It is false not to do so, and to…
- The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive.
- From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords…
- 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.
- Fourthly, the way of the artisan. The way of the carpenter is to become proficient in the use of his tools, first to lay his…
- Thirdly, the gentleman warrior, carrying the weaponry of his way. The way of the warrior is to master the virtue of his weapons. If a…
- Second is the way of the merchant. The wine maker obtains his ingredients and puts them to use to make his living. The way of…
- Cutting down the enemy is the way of strategy, and there is no need for many refinements of it.
- If you want to learn the craft of war, ponder over this book. The teacher is as a needle, the disciple is as thread. You…
- You should not have a favourite weapon. To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well.
- To cut and slash are two different things. Cutting, whatever form of cutting it is, is decisive, with a resolute spirit. Slashing is nothing more…
- Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.
- There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal…
- Polish your wisdom: learn public justice, distinguish between good and evil, study the ways of different arts one by one.
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