To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood.

It doesn't matter how one was brought up. What determines the way one does anything is personal power.

Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.

A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else.

A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and then he sees and knows.

Tonight in your dreams you must look at your hands.

My benefactor used to say the seeds are the 'sober head' -- the only part that could fortify the heart of man.