You cannot tell whether a person is good or bad by his vicissitudes in life. Good and bad fortune are matters of fate.

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.

Shutting your eyes and pretending something's not happening doesn't make it not true, Jace.

Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know.

There are people out there dying every day, so when you wake up, you just have to thank the Man Upstairs for another day on this planet. There's not much else we can ask for.

The individual source of the statistics may easily be the weakest link.

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.

There is no more great men; there is only great committees.

If you're doing something radically new, you need a team that's willing to go on a ride that's very different from anything they've encountered before.

We all float down here!

Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.