The saying 'the arts aid the body' is for samurai of other regions. For samurai of the Nabeshima clan the arts bring ruin to the body.

The way of the Samurai is found in death.

There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be senile, he is already so.

To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.

All abilities come from one mind

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

Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort.