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More Quotes by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.
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 same, it is a even match. Defeating one's opponent is then a matter of faith and destiny.
To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.
There is nothing we should be quite so grateful for as the last line of the poem that goes, 'When your own heart asks.
The deepest love is often hidden.
As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.
I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you must quickly choose death.
If you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy.
A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
