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

To the courtiers flushed with wine, life was pleasure, and pleasure life.

I want to dedicate myself to training and discipline. I want to spend every moment of every day working to improve myself.

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

The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up.

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.

It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.