Quotes from Miyamoto Musashi

Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.

No Fear, No Hesitation, No Surprise, No Doubt

One must make the warrior walk his everyday walk.

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

People in this world look at things mistakenly, and think that what they do not understand must be the void. This is not the true void. It is bewilderment.

You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain

You can only fight the way you practice

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

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

I dreamt of worldly success once.

Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help

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

If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy.

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

Do nothing which is of no use.

A bullet from a gun does not make a distinction between practice and combat. You are training to be one and the same way in your life

In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance your combat stance.

Pay attention even to life's trifles.

Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.

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

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.

Do not waste time idling or thinking after you have set your goals

All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.

The path that leads to truth is littered with the bodies of the ignorant.