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The Way is in training... Do nothing which is not of value.
Miyamoto Musashi
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Miyamoto Musashi
Died: 1645
Died: June 13
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Shinmen Takezō
Musashi Masana
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Takemura Musashi
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When in a fight to the death, one wants to employ all one's weapons to the utmost. I must say that to die with one's sword still sheathed is most regrettable.
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In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.
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In contests of strategy it is bad to be led about by the enemy. You must always be able to lead the enemy about.
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Know your enemy, know his sword.
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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
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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 than touching the enemy.
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It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.
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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 gentleman dislikes strategy he will not appreciate the benefit of weaponry, so must he not have a little taste for this?
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Anger. Control your anger. If you hold anger toward others, they have control over you.Your opponent can dominate and defeat you if you allow him to get you irritated.
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When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the way in everything.
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Consider yourself lightly consider the world deeply.
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Too much is the same as not enough.
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Water adopts the shape of its receptacle, it is sometimes a trickle and sometimes a wild sea.
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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 plans with true measure and then perform his work according to plan. Thus he passes through life.
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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 and showing off their technique, trying to hasten the bloom of the flower.
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If you are not progressing along the true way, a slight twist in the mind can become a major twist. This must be pondered well.
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Do nothing which is of no use.
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To become the enemy, see yourself as the enemy of the enemy
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All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.
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Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help
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