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More Quotes by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Light matters should be dealt with seriously. Serious matters should be dealt with lightly.
The deepest love is often hidden.
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.
Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this. A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.
As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.
Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.
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 by arrows, rifles, spears and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing seppuku at the death of one’s master. And every day without fail one should consider himself as dead
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 set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.
A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.
