Quote by Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)

• It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.

• I must say, to die with one's sword still sheathed is most regrettable.

• Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.

• Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

• There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.

• Do not let the body be dragged along by mind nor the mind be dragged along by the body