From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the ranks clash, but once swords are crossed the gun becomes useless.

With your spirit open and unconstricted, look at things from a high point of view.

You should not have a favourite weapon. To become over-familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well.

Pay attention even to life's trifles.

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.

Always return your weapon along the same path it traveled out on. In this way you can use it again without having to relocate and rethink our attitude.

If you know the way broadly you will see it in everything.