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

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.

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.

Optimism is a gift, but one that must be carefully controlled. Your hopeful optimism will get us all killed!

You can believe in Christ and live a Christ like life

The sweetest part of being a couple is sharing your life with someone else.But my life, evidently, had not been good enough to share.

Gift like genius I often think only means an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Truth offends everyone outside its definitions. But the irony of truth is that the greater its potential for offense, the greater its potential for giving hope.

I spent a lot of hours on the baseball field doing whatever I could do to get better.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. No merchant or tradesman would set himself to work if he did not hope to reap benefit thereby.

I saw Hollywood born and I've seen it die...

I'm one of those that believes you can't be one kind of a man and another kind of president.

Respect your uniqueness, and drop comparison. Relax into your being.