If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of Strategy.

No Fear, No Hesitation, No Surprise, No Doubt

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

Polish your wisdom: learn public justice, distinguish between good and evil, study the ways of different arts one by one.

As the innocent infant relies upon the mother for sustenance, so the innocent wanderer, following his native compassion and bliss, relies upon the natural intelligence of life to sustain him. There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, tea, archery, and many arts and skills. Each man practices as he feels inclined.

Strategy is the craft of the warrior.

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.