Warrior Quotes - Part V

Quotes are awesome! They the give us insight into the mind of the masters.

Over the next few weeks I'll be sharing some of my favourite quotes regarding the way of Budo.

If you missed previous week's quotes just click here:
Warrior Quotes - Part I
Warrior Quotes - Part II
Warrior Quotes - Part III
Warrior Quotes - Part IV

Remember - It's best to take your time and try to understand what is really being meant by each quote.




"There are two rules for being successful in Martial Arts.

Takuan Sōhō with
Samurai Disciple

Rule 1: Never tell others everything you know."
- Roger H Lincoln



"The art of the sword consists of never being concerned with victory or defeat, with strength or weakness, of not moving one step forward, nor one step backward, or the enemy not seeing me and my not seeing the enemy. Penetrating to that which is fundamental before the separation of heaven and earth where even yin and yang cannot reach, one instantly attains proficiency in the art."
- Takuan Sōhō



"The fastest draw is when the sword never leaves the scabbard. The strongest way to block, is never to provoke a blow. And the cleanest cut is the one withheld."
- Unknown



"When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die."
- Gichin Funakoshi



"We staunch traditionalists know that appearance is everything. Technique is nowhere near as important as having your pleats straight when you die."
- Steve Gombosi

Kano Jigoro

"The teaching of one virtuous person can influence many; that which has been learned well by one generation can be passed on to a hundred."
- Kano Jigoro



"Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end."
- Jiddu Krishnamurti



"A primary aim of Zen is the uncovering of what is known as inherent knowledge. This is not the kind of knowledge that is produced by thinking based on conditioned consciousness. It is said that the ignorant are obstructed by ignorance, while the intellectuals are obstructed by intellectual knowledge. One way of getting past these obstacles and approaching inherent knowledge is to let go of whatever comes to mind."
- Muso Kokushi

Dogen

"Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things."
- Dogen



"If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against."
- Seng-Ts’an



"Abandoning things is superior, pursuing them is inferior."
- Yen T’ou



"Great faith. Great doubt. Great effort.”
- The three qualities necessary for training



"In the past it was expected that about 3 years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable skill would only know 3 or at most 5 kata."
- Gichin Funakoshi



Okakura Kakuzo

"Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening; no doubt, no awakening."
- Zen saying



"It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress."
- Okakura Kakuzo

Comment below to share any thoughts or opinions you might have. J

 

Thanks for reading.
Derm

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