The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win

Respect the gods and buddhas, but never rely on them.

Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.

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

The Way is in training... Do nothing which is not of value.

Cutting down the enemy is the way of strategy, and there is no need for many refinements of it.

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.