It is better to have some unhappiness while one is still young, for if a person does not experience some bitterness, his disposition will not settle down.

The heart of a virtuous person has settled down and he does not rush about at things. A person of little merit is not at peace but walks about making trouble and is in conflict with all.

When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll.

There is nothing we should be quite so grateful for as the last line of the poem that goes, 'When your own heart asks.

Not to borrow the strength of another, nor to rely on one's own strength; to cut off past and future thoughts, and not to live within the everyday mind... then the Great Way is right before your eyes.

A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.

It is a principle of the art of war that one should simply lay down his life and strike. If one's opponent also does the same, it is a even match. Defeating one's opponent is then a matter of faith and destiny.