By being impatient, matters are damaged and great works cannot be done

A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.

To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.

Light matters should be dealt with seriously. Serious matters should be dealt with lightly.

The way of the Samurai is found in death.

Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose death. There is no other reasoning.

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 size of mercy is limitless.

Go ahead and gamble a lie. A person who will not tell you seven lies within a hundred yards is useless as a man.

The end is important in all things.

One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.

No genuine revolutionary challenge to either the State or Capitalism in the United States can fail to ignore racism's importance in maintaining the current system.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

I don't believe in hasty marriages.

The hand is the tool of tools.

We must be sceptical even of our scepticism.

I think there are a lot of things in life that are not fair. But life, I believe, isn't always perfect and idealistic.

In my vision, the thing that man needs first and foremost is a meditative consciousness.

Ultimately ideas come out of a temperament or a sensibility, they are a crystallization or a precipitation of temperament.

We have to keep the body in good health; we have to take care of what we eat and drink, and what we do.

You’re in competition with everyone.