A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.

For a sorcerer, reality, or the world as we all know it, is only a description.

Malicious acts are performed by people for personal gain … Sorcerers, though, have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with personal gain. The fact that they enjoy their acts does not count as gain. Rather, it is a condition of their character. The average man acts only if there is a chance for profit. Warriors say they act not for profit but for the spirit.

The world doesn't yield to us directly, the description of the world stands in between. So, properly speaking, we are always one step removed and our experiences of the world is always a recollection of the experience. We are perennially recollecting the instant that has just happened, just passed. Re recollect, recollect, recollect.

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

Man has a dark side, yes, and it is called stupidity.

A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance.