“No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible”
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
“It is difficult to realize the true Way just through sword-fencing. Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallowest things and the deepest things.”
― The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi
― The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi
“Know your enemy, know his sword.”
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
“Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.”
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
“You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain”
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
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