柳生宗矩

Quotes

• “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 stratagem to give life to many people by killing the evil of one person.”
• “See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body.”
• “Throwing down your own sword is also an art of war. If you have attained mastery of swordlessness, you will never lack for a sword. The opponent's sword is your sword. This is acting at the vanguard of the moment.”
• “Conquering evil, not the opponent, is the essence of swordsmanship.”
• “It is easy to kill someone with a slash of a sword. It is hard to be impossible for others to cut down.”
• “A stroke of the sword that does not hit its target is the sword stroke of death; you reach over it to strike the winning blow. Your adversary's initiative having missed its mark, you turn the tables around and get the jump on your adversary.”

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