Miyamoto Musashi Quotes About Life

Quotes about: Life

• Do nothing which is of no use.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Life, Use, Martial Arts

  Miyamoto Musashi (2013). “The Book of Five Rings: A Text on Kenjutsu and the Martial Arts in General, Written by the Swordsman Miyamoto Musashi”, p.31, Lulu Press, Inc

• There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Life, Fall, Warrior

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.15, Bottom of the Hill

• Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Life, War, Acceptance

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.9, Bottom of the Hill

• In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Life, Spiritual, Courage

  Miyamoto Musashi (2013). “The Book of Five Rings - The Bestselling, Classic Samurai Guide to Strategy”, p.20, Lulu Press, Inc

• As the innocent infant relies upon the mother for sustenance, so the innocent wanderer, following his native compassion and bliss, relies upon the natural intelligence of life to sustain him. There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, tea, archery, and many arts and skills. Each man practices as he feels inclined.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Life, Mother, Art

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