189 Quotes by Miyamoto Musashi

To become the enemy, see yourself as the enemy of the enemy

Even if you strive diligently on your chosen path day after day, if your heart is not in accord with it, then even if you think you are on a good path, from the point of view of the straight and true, this is not a genuine path. If you do not pursue a genuine path to its consummation, then a little bit of crookedness in the mind will later turn into a major warp. Reflect on this.

Know your enemy, know his sword.

If you wish to control others you must first control yourself

Step by step walk the thousand-mile road.

Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding.

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

Get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of Man.

Do nothing which is of no use.