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“This is the way for men who want to learn my strategy:
1. Do not think dishonestly.
2. The Way is in training.
3. Become acquainted with every art.
4. Know the Ways of all professions.
5. Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters.
6. Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.
7. Perceive those things which cannot be seen.
8. Pay attention even to trifles.
9. Do nothing which is of no use.”
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
1. Do not think dishonestly.
2. The Way is in training.
3. Become acquainted with every art.
4. Know the Ways of all professions.
5. Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters.
6. Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.
7. Perceive those things which cannot be seen.
8. Pay attention even to trifles.
9. Do nothing which is of no use.”
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
“When your opponent is hurrying recklessly, you must act contrarily and keep calm. You must not be influenced by the opponent.”
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
“It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.”
― The Book of Five Rings
― The Book of Five Rings
“A thousand days of training to develop, ten thousand days of training to polish. You must examine all this well.”
― The Complete Book of Five Rings
― The Complete Book of Five Rings
“Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.”
― The Book of Five Rings
― The Book of Five Rings
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