Miyamoto Musashi Quotes

Miyamoto Musashi was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher, writer, and ronin. Musashi, as he was often simply known, became renowned through stories of his excellent and unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 61 duels. He was the founder of the Niten-Ichi-Ryu-School or Nito-Ichi-ryu style of swordsmanship and in his final years authored The Book of Five Rings, and Dokkodo (The Path of Aloneness). Both documents were given to Terao Magonojo, the most important of Musashi’s students, seven days before Musashi’s death. The Book of Five Rings deals primarily with the character of his Niten-Ichi-Ryu-School in a concrete sense e.g. his own practical martial art and its generic significance; The Path of Aloneness, on the other hand, deals with the ideas that lie behind it, as well as his life’s philosophy in a few short aphoristic sentences. May his quotes inspire you to live a life of self-discipline so that you may live your dreams.