Publisher's Synopsis
The Book of Five Rings (五輪書) "Go Rin no Sho" was written by the legendary swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer and ronin Miyamoto Musashi (The greatest samurai of all time) around 1643, a few years before he died."To know ten thousand things, know one well" "It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet" "You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not enough." "Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast....Of course, slowness is bad. Really skillful people never get out of time, and are always deliberate, and never appear busy." "All men are the same except for their belief in their own selves, regardless of what others may think of them"
