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

A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.

Looking comparatively at the good things, you will see that they are not excluded from wisdom, humanity and bravery.

There is one transcending level, and this is the most excellent of all. This person is aware of the endlessness of entering deeply into a certain Way and never thinks of himself as having finished.

The deepest love is often hidden.

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

A samurai will use a toothpick even though he has not eaten. Inside the skin of a dog, outside the hide of a tiger.