Respect the gods and buddhas, but never rely on them.

Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.

It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. Even if a man has no natural ability he can be a warrior by sticking assiduously to both divisions of the Way.

The way is in training.

It is imperative to master the principles of the art of war and learn to be unmoved in mind even in the heat of the battle.

It is difficult to realize the true Way just through sword-fencing. Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallowest things and the deepest things.

Water adopts the shape of its receptacle, it is sometimes a trickle and sometimes a wild sea.