Aspire to be like Mt. Fuji, with such a broad and solid foundation that the strongest earthquake cannot move you, and so tall that the greatest enterprises of common men seem insignificant from your lofty perspective. With your mind as high as Mt Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things happening near to you.

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.

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

No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

Fixed formation is bad. Study this well.

The important thing in strategy is to suppress the enemy's useful actions but allow his useless actions