I dreamt of worldly success once.

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

Whatever your determination or will power, it is foolish to try to change the nature of things. Things work the way they do because that is the way of things

Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help

Do not sleep under a roof. Carry no money or food. Go alone to places frightening to the common brand of men. Become a criminal of purpose. Be put in jail, and extricate yourself by your own wisdom.

All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.

No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible. Even with complete and thorough study there is always the possibility of being defeated and although one may be expert in a particular form, mastery is something a man never stops seeking to attain.