Miyamoto Musashi Quotes - Page 2

Do not think dishonestly... Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything. Perceive those things which cannot be seen. Pay attention even to trifles. Do nothing which is of no use.

Do nothing which is of no use.

The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win

Do not let the body be dragged along by mind nor the mind be dragged along by the body

Do not sleep under a roof. Carry no money or food. Go alone to places frightening to the common brand of men. Become a criminal of purpose. Be put in jail, and extricate yourself by your own wisdom.

The important thing in strategy is to suppress the enemy's useful actions but allow his useless actions

It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet

A warrior has no confusion in his mind...This is true emptiness.

If the enemy thinks of the mountains, attack like the sea; and if he thinks of the sea, attack like the mountains.

Get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of Man.

If you wish to control others you must first control yourself

As far as Im concerned, I regret nothing.

There is timing in everything. Timing in strategy cannot be mastered without a great deal of practice.

When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the way in everything.

Whatever your determination or will power, it is foolish to try to change the nature of things. Things work the way they do because that is the way of things

Too much is the same as not enough.

In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.

The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them

Imitation is the surest form of flattery and failure. I am not interested with your talk about my ideas. I am more interested in your applying them to your life. If you do not, then you are essentially not in accord with your own mind.

Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.

The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.

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.

Aspire to be like Mt. Fuji, with such a broad and solid foundation that the strongest earthquake cannot move you, and so tall that the greatest enterprises of common men seem insignificant from your lofty perspective. With your mind as high as Mt Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things happening near to you.

See to it that you temper yourself with one thousand days of practice, and refine yourself with ten thousand days of training.

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