Not only must a warrior be strong with his bow, but he must have a heart full of pity for all living creatures.

The truth of the scholar, alone in his study, does not always accord with what the world at large considers to be true.

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

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

Great character is forged through hardships.

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.

It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within.