The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.
Yamamoto TsunetomoBy inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm.
Yamamoto TsunetomoTo give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.
Yamamoto TsunetomoIf one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. But in the end, the details of a matter are important. The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo