Beyond the shadow of a doubt, food was more important than a woman's suffering.

Think what you like. There are people who die by remaining alive and others who gain life by dying.

The world is a stone wall ... and they have put the stones so close together that there is not a single crack through which one may enter.

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.

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

Danger was the grindstone on which the swordsman whetted his spirit. Enemies were teachers in disguise.

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