Way Of The Warrior Quotes

The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things.

Thirdly, the gentleman warrior, carrying the weaponry of his way. The way of the warrior is to master the virtue of his weapons. If a gentleman dislikes strategy he will not appreciate the benefit of weaponry, so must he not have a little taste for this?

See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body.

Master the divine techniques of the Art of Peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you.

The only laws are paradox, humor and change.

You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair.

Unless you do your best, the day will come when, tired and hungry, you will halt just short of the goal you were ordered to reach, and by halting you will make useless the efforts and deaths of thousands.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that

The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.

Consciousness is not in the body; the body is in consciousness. And you are that consciousness.

Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant.

The world’s a puzzle; no need to make sense out of it.” – Socrates

To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.

Everything you’ll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.

Courage is not the absence of fear…

When you aim for perfection, you discover it’s a moving target.

I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.