A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death.

When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation.

Matters of small concern should be treated seriously.

All of man’s work is a bloody business. That fact, today, is considered foolish, affairs are finished cleverly with words alone, and jobs that require effort are avoided. I would like young men to have some understanding of this.

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.

An affected laugh shows lack of self-respect in a man and lewdness in a woman. It is carelessness to go about with one's hands inside the slits in the sides of his hakama.

The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.