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Miyamoto Musashi
“The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win”
Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy

Stephen Jay Gould
“We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.”
Stephen Jay Gould, The Mismeasure of Man

Aldous Huxley
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929

Miyamoto Musashi
“You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour.”
Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy

Miyamoto Musashi
“Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.”
Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy

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