The fact of the matter is that many children see. . . . Most of those who see are considered to be oddballs and every effort is made to correct them.

... a warrior knows that he cannot change, and yet he makes it his business to try to change, even though he knows that he won't be able to. That's the only advantage a warrior has over the average man. The warrior is never disappointed when he fails to change.

Our senses perceive the way they do because a specific feature of our awareness forces them to do so...because we learn what to perceive.

Crows are not always available to give warning.

If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.

...to tune the spirit when someone is trampling on you is called control

A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you . . . Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself alone, one question . . . Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't it is of no use.