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from "The Book of Five Rings"

"If we look at the world we see arts for sale. Men use equipment to sell their own selves. As if with the nut and the flower, the nut has become less than the flower. In this kind of 'way of strategy', both those teaching and those learning the way are concerned with coloring and showing off their technique, trying to hasten the bloom of the flower. They speak of "This [...]" and "That [...]". They are looking for profit. Someone once said "Immature strategy is the cause of grief". That was a true saying.

Musashi Myamoto

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