Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

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

It is said that one should not hesitate to correct himself when he has made a mistake. If he corrects himself without the least bit of delay, his mistakes will disappear.

It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all Ways and be more and more in accord with his own.

By being impatient, matters are damaged and great works cannot be done

Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty.

Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they are not unrelated to these three things.