Wednesday, July 27, 2016

五輪書 (ごりんのしょ) (A Book of Five Rings) (Miyamoto Musashi 宮本武藏 1643)


I am a warrior of  Harima Province, ... age sixty years. ... When I reached thirty I looked back on my past. The previous victories were not due to my having mastered strategy. ... After that I studied morning and evening searching for the principle, and came to realize the Way of Strategy when I was fifty. Since then I have lived without following any particular Way. (kindle location 36-43/928)