Yagyu Munenori quotes
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“Once a fight has started, if you get involved in thinking about what to do, you will be cut down by your opponent with the very next blow.”
-- Yagyu MunenoriSource : "A Hereditary Book on the Art of War". Book by Yagyu Munenori, 1632.
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“See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body.”
-- Yagyu MunenoriSource : "Living the Martial Way : A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think". Book by Forrest E. Morgan, p. 88, 1992.
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“It is bias to think that the art of war is just for killing people. It is not to kill people, it is to kill evil. It is a strategem to give life to many people by killing the evil of one person.”
-- Yagyu MunenoriSource : "The Japanese Art of War". Book by by Thomas Cleary, 1991.
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“When you strike a blow, do not let your mind dally on it, not concerning yourself with whether or not it is a telling blow; you should strike again and again, over and over, even four or five times. The thing is not to let your opponent even raise his head.”
-- Yagyu MunenoriSource : "A Hereditary Book on the Art of War". Book by Yagyu Munenori, 1632.
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“Conquering evil, not the opponent is the essence of swordsmanship.”
-- Yagyu MunenoriSource : "Behold the Second Horseman" by Joseph Lumpkin, (p. 44), 2005.
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“In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.”
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“You can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.”
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Source : Song: Ashes and Wine, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007
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“For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.”
Source : A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2003). “Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India”, p.108, Penguin Books India
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“Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.”
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