Resolve Yourself to Victory
You first beat the enemy with your spirit, and then you beat the enemy with your hands or your sword. Stretch out your body and your spirit. Go for the kill with utter resolve and commitment.
- Miyamoto Musashi
Emptiness and Fullness
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.
- Sun Tzu
Know your Opponent
Whenever you are going to attack and fight, first you have to know the talents of the people employed by the opponent, so you can deal with them according to their abilities.
- Sun Tzu
The Big Picture
To defeat evil or protect oneself from harm is merely a corollary to the martial arts. Absolute freedom from attachment and desire is the state of mind for which one should aim.
- Kazumi Ise no Kami Nobutsena
Awakening from Within
We must stand at the center of the universe, free of the desire for competition or the need for victory.
- Morihei Ueshiba
Ashes to Ashes
Remember that you are a part of the universe. To ruin your life or waste it is to ruin a piece of the universe.
- Mitsugi Saotome
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