It's interesting, isn't it? Being in the world.

When a woman dislikes the man who is courting her, she parries him cleverly, like a willow in the wind.

Fighting isn't all there is to the Art of War. The men who think that way, and are satisfied to have food to eat and a place to sleep, are mere vagabonds. A serious student is much more concerned with training his mind and disciplining his spirit than with developing martial skills.

There's not much benefit in attacking an empty house.

To Kiyomori each stall, each soul here seemed borne under by the crushing weight of the world; everyone here was a pitiful weed, trodden underfoot -- a conglomeration of human lives putting down roots in this slime, living and letting live in the struggle to survive; and he was stirred by the fearful and magnificent courage communicated by the scene.

Sincerity, even if it speaks with a stutter, will sound eloquent when inspired.

The bitter winds in February were sometimes called the First East Winds, but the longing for spring somehow made them seem more piercing.