See to it that you temper yourself with one thousand days of practice, and refine yourself with ten thousand days of training.

As if with the nut and flower, the nut has become less than the flower... both those teaching and those learning are concerned with colouring and showing off their technique, trying to hasten the bloom of the flower.

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.

Determine that today you will overcome your self of the day before, tomorrow you will win over those of lesser skill, and later you will win over those of greater skill.

Pay attention even to life's trifles.

I dreamt of worldly success once.

There is timing in everything. Timing in strategy cannot be mastered without a great deal of practice.