Quotes Compiled - Musashi

// Miyamoto Musashi


"Do not let the body be dragged by the mind nor the mind be dragged along by the body."
~~ Miyamoto Musashi


"In time, all things work to your advantage when you pursue them with an open heart."
/ Miyamoto Musashi /


"One thousand days of lessons for discipline; then thousdand days of lessons for mastery."
-- Miyamoto Musashi --


"You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain."
- Miyamoto Musashi -


"Failure to understand the fundamental concepts will make it difficult to excel."
/ Miyamoto Musashi /


"Man cannot understand the art he is studying if he only looks for the end result without taking the time to delve deeply into the reasoning of the study."
/ Miyamoto Musashi /


"It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first."
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"There is nothing outside yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker  or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside yourself."
/ Miyamoto Musashi /


"Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world."
/ Miyamoto Musashi /


"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."
-- Miyamoto Musashi
"The Book of Five Rings" (???, Go Rin no Sho)


"Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.
~~ Miyamoto Musashi
(Book of Five Rings)


"The sword has to be more than a simple weapon; it has to be an answer to life's questions."
~~ Miyamoto Musashi
The Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy