Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated.

Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.

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.

What is a truthful life? A life lived with deliberateness, a good, strong life.

Knowledge for a warrior is something that comes at once, engulfs him, and passes on

And so you're afraid of the emptiness of your friend's life. But there's no emptiness in the life of a man of knowledge, I tell you. Everything is filled to the brim and everything is equal.

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.