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Pay attention even to life's trifles.

Miyamoto Musashi

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Miyamoto Musashi
Died: 1645
Died: June 13
Author
Bushi
Calligrapher
Military Personnel
Painter
Philosopher
Ronin
Strategist
Writer
Shinmen Takezō
Musashi Masana
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Musashi
Takemura Musashi
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Pay
Attention
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Life

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Accept everything just the way it is.
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The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win
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All man are the same except for their belief in their own selves, regardless of what others may think of them
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When you attack the enemy, your spirit must go to the extent of pulling the stakes out of a wall and using them as spears and halberds.
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If the enemy stays spirited it is difficult to crush him.
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Do nothing which is of no use.
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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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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.
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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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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
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Fixation is the way to death. Fluidity is the way to life.
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Never stray from the Way.
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Respect the gods and buddhas, but never rely on them.
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Even if a man has no natural ability, he can be a warrior.
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If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of Strategy.
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The Way is in training... Do nothing which is not of value.
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With your spirit open and unconstricted, look at things from a high point of view.
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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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You can only fight the way you practice
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If you fail to take advantage of your enemies' collapse, they may recover.
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