Warriors do not win victories by beating their heads against walls, but by overtaking the walls. Warriors jump over walls; they don't demolish them.

For a human being, sadness is as powerful as terror. Sadness makes a warrior shed tears of blood.

The shadows in the early morning don't tell much. The shadows rest at that time. So it's useless to gaze very early in the day. Around six in the morning the shadows wake up, and they are best around five in the afternoon. Then they are fully awake.

Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity.

You're chained to you reason ... Understanding is only a very small affair, so very small

To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.

When you need an answer, look over your left shoulder and ask your death.