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- One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.
- If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat.
- By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?
- Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty.
- It is said that one should not hesitate to correct himself when he has made a mistake. If he corrects himself without the least bit…
- An affected laugh shows lack of self-respect in a man and lewdness in a woman. It is carelessness to go about with one's hands inside…
- In the eyes of mercy, no one should have hateful thoughts. Feel pity for the man who is even more at fault. The area and…
- There is one transcending level, and this is the most excellent of all. This person is aware of the endlessness of entering deeply into a…
- One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people of rank. It…
- The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.
- A warrior should not say something fainthearted, even casually. He should set his mind to this beforehand. Even in trifling matters the depths of one's…
- It is better to have some unhappiness while one is still young, for if a person does not experience some bitterness, his disposition will not…
- There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be…
- It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. If one understands things…
- Not to borrow the strength of another, nor to rely on one's own strength; to cut off past and future thoughts, and not to live…
- Sincerity does not only complete the self; it is the means by which all things are completed. As the self is completed, there is human-heartedness;…
- Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot…
- Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one’s body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart…
- To desire with one’s very soul every second of every day to accomplish one’s aim.
- One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour. A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get…
- If a retainer will just think about what he is to do for the day at hand, he will be able to do anything. If…
- It is a principle of the art of war that one should simply lay down his life and strike. If one's opponent also does the…
- When one has made a decision to kill a person, even if it will be very difficult to succeed by advancing straight ahead, it will…
- Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it was somewhere else. No one seems to have noticed…
- Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "Form is emptiness." That…
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