To desire with one’s very soul every second of every day to accomplish one’s aim.

In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is important in all things.

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

There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you will still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.

By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm.

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.

One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.