Sublime

For a warrior, whatever you wear is a uniform, in some sense. If you have two arms and two eyes and one nose, that is your uniform.

I follow the first principle of the Bushido—the way of the warrior: keep death in mind at all times. If a warrior keeps death in mind at all times and lives as though each day might be his last, he will conduct himself properly in all his actions. Similarly, if a CEO keeps the following lessons in mind, she will maintain the proper focus when hirin

Zen arrived in Japan shortly after the beginning of the Kamakura Era, when the military dictator Yoritomo and his samurai followers had seized power from the hands of the then somewhat decadent nobility. This historical coincidence provided the military class, the samurai, with a type of Buddhism which appealed to them strongly because of its pract

Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, translated by Charles S. Terry.

Celles et ceux qui me connaissent savent que j’ai une grande admiration pour Bruce Lee. Lui disait : « Je ne peux pas vous enseigner, seulement vous aider à vous explorer. » Plus j’y pense, plus j’imagine Bruce Lee comme la réincarnation de Musashi.

The “Great Doctrine” of archery tells us something very different. According to it, archery is still a matter of life and death to the extent that it is a contest of the archer with himself; and this kind of contest is not a paltry substitute, but the foundation of all contests outwardly directed—for

I don’t mind losing battles as long as I win the war.