To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline and training is all about.

You've commited murder just as much as Helene did. You killed a fly with a human head. She killed a human with a fly head.

.., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.

There is no dignity for either the sufferer or the torturer

First the priests arrive. Then the conquistadores.

Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life - Shogun.

Anger is something you should only vent in front of intimates, and friends and relations. Never be angry in front of strangers because you lose face.